Quirinus
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See also: quirinus
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Quirinus
Latin
Etymology
From the Sabine town Curēs, or from quirīs (“citizen”). Falsely derived, some say, from curīs (“spear”) and cūria (“court”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷiˈriː.nus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwiˈri.nus/,
Proper noun
Quirīnus m sg (genitive Quirīnī); second declension
- a Roman god of the state
- (Roman mythology) of Romulus after his deification; Quirinus
- (Roman mythology) of Janus
- (poetic) of Augustus
- (poetic) of Mark Antony
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Quirīnus |
| genitive | Quirīnī |
| dative | Quirīnō |
| accusative | Quirīnum |
| ablative | Quirīnō |
| vocative | Quirīne |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Quirinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Quirinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Quirinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.