Cimmerij, Were also people of Italie, in the country betwene Baiæ, and Cumæ, which was so inuironed with hilles, that the sunne came not to it, neither in % morning nor at night. There was supposed to be a descent into hel. And the people dwelled only in caues.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Cimmĕrii, ōrum (gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399; Cimmeriōn, Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = *kimme/rioi. I.A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, 17; 6, 13, 14, 35.— Hence, B.Adj.1. Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian: Bosporus, Plin. 4, 12, 24, 77: litus, Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—2. Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian: oppida, Mel. 2, 1, 3.— II.A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132; perpetual darkness prevailed among them, Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398; here Somnus had his abode, Ov. M. 11, 592 sq.—Poet., the Lower World: Cimmerii lacus, Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under *kimme/rioi.