Quirinius

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Latin

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Quirinia gens

Etymology

From Quirīnus +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiˈriː.ni.us/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwiˈri.ni.us/,

Proper noun

Quirīnius m sg (genitive Quirīniī or Quirīnī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name"

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Quirīnius
genitive	Quirīniī Quirīnī¹
dative	Quirīniō
accusative	Quirīnium
ablative	Quirīniō
vocative	Quirīnī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

Quirinius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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