Cherusci

Cherusci pl (plural only)

1. (historical) a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the plains and forests of northwestern Germany, in the area possibly near present-day Hanover, during the first centuries BC and AD

From Ancient Greek Χηροῦσκοι (Khēroûskoi), itself likely ultimately from Proto-Germanic *heruskaz.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰeːˈrʊs.kiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [keˈruʃ.ʃi]

Chēruscī m pl (genitive Chēruscōrum); second declension

1. A famous tribe of Germany

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• “Cherusci”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cherusci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cherusci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly