Arminius Definition

är-mĭnē-əs
pronoun

(history) A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

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Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian and founder of Arminianism.

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Origin of Arminius

  • From Latin Arminius, probably from Proto-Germanic *erminaz, but has been associated, at least since the 16th century, with the name Herman, German Hermann.

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Arminius Sentence Examples

  • His plans were foiled by the courage of Arminius and the inability of the Roman exchequer to pay a larger army.

  • This periodical, issued by the academy, has during the last decade (1870-1880) contained also comparative studies, by Arminius Vambery and Gabriel Balint, of the Magyar, TurkishTatar and Mongolian dialects.

  • Arminius is a Latinized form of his patronymic Hermanns or Hermansen.

  • Arminius hurried home, but only to find all his relatives slain.

  • In February the same year (1575), the university of Leiden had been founded, and thither, by the kindness of friends, Arminius was sent to study theology.

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