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Definition: Arminius |
ArminiusNoun1. Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism (1560-1609). 2. German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Arminius" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Synonyms: ArminiusSynonyms: Armin (n), Hermann (n), Jacob Harmensen (n), Jacobus Arminius (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Arminius (17 BC-19 AD), in Germany sometimes called Hermann der Cherusker, was a war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci. In parts of the 19th and 20th century he was considered a national hero of Germany because of his victory in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD.
Arminius (a Latinized variant of a German name, which is unknown, but was for sure not "Hermann") was the son of a Cherusci war chief named Segimer. As a young man, he served as an auxiliary in the Roman army, probably fighting other barbarian tribes in the Balkan peninsula.
He returned home to Germany, where the Roman Empire had established control of the territories between the Rhine and Elbe rivers, to find his people being governed by Publius Quinctilius Varus. Arminius felt that Varus, a relative by marriage of the Emperor Augustus, was treating the Germans badly and trying to Romanize them. Although Varus treated him as a trusted subordinate, Arminius began plotting to make war on the Romans.
He hatched the plot in 9 AD, probably in the fall, near the hill called Kalkriese in the Teutoburg Forest. Varus and three Roman legions totalling about 20,000 men were wiped out, and the Romans were expelled from Germany. They never again attempted permanent conquest of any territory on the right bank of the Rhine.
After his great victory, Arminius tried for several years to exercise power over the various German tribes. He also met the Romans in other battles, as they sought revenge for Teutoburg Forest. In 16, at Idistaviso, a Roman army commanded by Germanicus did manage a victory over Arminius and even captured his wife Thusnelda. However, Germanicus gained no lasting benefit from his victory, as Arminius defeated another Roman force near the Weser river and compelled the Romans to withdraw.
A few years later, after apparently gaining even more power due to the death of another German war chief, Arminius was killed, reportedly by a member of his own family.
Largely forgotten for centuries except in the accounts of his Roman enemies, some of whom highly respected him as a liberator of his people, the story of Arminius was revived in the late 19th century as part of a wave of German nationalism.
In 1875, a massive statue of Arminius was built near Detmold, about 75 miles from the presumable Teutoburg Forest battle site. It still stands today.
Arminius is also the Latinized form of the name of Jacob Hermann (1560 - 1609), a Protestant theologian who formulated a doctrine of grace that stressed free will rather than predestination. See Arminianism.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arminius."
Crosswords: Arminius |
| English words defined with "Arminius": Arminian Baptist, Arminian Church, Arminianism ♦ battle of Teutoburger Wald ♦ General Baptist ♦ Teutoburger Wald. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Arminius": Fifteen decisive Battles ♦ Gomarists. (references) |
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| "Arminius" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Arminius" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
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Expression using "Arminius": Jacobus Arminius. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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arminius jacobus | 4 |
arminius revolver | 4 |
arminius james | 2 |
arminius pistol | 2 |
arminius gun | 2 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-m-n-r-s-u" | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 6D 69 6E 69 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01101101 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r m i n i u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 006D 0069 006E 0069 0075 0073 |
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