Editing Arminius (section)

==Name==
The [[etymology]] of the [[Latin language|Latin]] [[Latin given name|name]] {{lang|la|Arminius}} is unknown, and confusion is further created by recent scholars who alternately referred to him as {{lang|la|Armenus}}.<ref name="MurdochEtymology">{{cite book |last1=Murdoch |first1=Adrian |title=Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest |date=2009 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0750940160 |page=84}}</ref> In his ''History'', [[Marcus Velleius Paterculus]] calls him "Arminius, the son of Sigimer, a prince of the nation" and states he "attained the dignity of [[Equites|equestrian rank]]".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Velleius_Paterculus/2D*.html |title=The Roman History |author=C. Velleius Paterculus |publisher=Loeb Classical Library |date=1924 |page=118}}</ref> Due to [[Roman naming conventions#Foreign names|Roman naming conventions]] of the time, it is likely {{lang|la|Arminius}} is an adopted name granted to him upon citizenship or in any case not his [[Germanic names|Germanic name]]. The name instead appears to ultimately be of Etruscan origin, appearing as {{lang|ett|armne}} and {{lang|ett|armni}}<!--Etruscan characters?--> on inscriptions found at [[Volaterrae]].<ref name="SchulzeNamen">{{cite book |last1=Schulze |first1=Wilhelm|title=Zur Geschichte lateinischer Eigennamen |date=1904 |publisher=Weidmann |page=127}}</ref> According to another theory, that name was given to Arminius for his service in Armenia.<ref name="MurdochEtymology"/>

The [[German language|German]] translation of {{lang|la|Arminius}} as the [[Germanic names|name]] ''Hermann'' dates from the 16th century, possibly first by [[Martin Luther]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Arminius into Hermann: History into Legend|author=Herbert W. Benario|journal=Greece and Rome|volume=51|issue=1|date=April 2004|pages=83–94|doi= 10.1093/gr/51.1.83}}</ref> In German, Arminius was traditionally distinguished as {{lang|de|Hermann der Cherusker}} ("Hermann the Cheruscan") or {{lang|de|Hermann der Cheruskerfürst}} ("Hermann the Cheruscan Prince"). Hermann etymologically means "Man of War", coming from the [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|heri}} meaning "war" and {{lang|goh|man}} meaning "man".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Förstemann|first1=Ernst Wilhelm|title=Altdeutsches Namenbuch|date=1900|publisher=Nabu Press|isbn=9781270714996|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vorname.com/name,Hermann.html|title=▷ Vorname Hermann: Herkunft, Bedeutung & Namenstag|website=vorname.com|language=de|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> This has also led to his English nickname "Herman the German."