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Latin
Etymology
Derived from Quirīnus (a Roman deity) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
quirīnālis (neuter quirīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- dedicated or pertaining to the god Quirinus
- Quirinal (hill)
- 3rd century, Sextus Aurelius Victor, De viris illustribus urbis Romae (Franz Pichlmayr, Teubner (1911)):
Etruscos saepe domuit, collem Quirinalem et Viminalem et Esquilias urbi addidit [...]- He often tamed the Etruscans, and added the Quirinal, Viminal and Esquiline hills to the city
Usage notes
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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