Quirinus

See also: quirinus

English

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Quirinus

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Etymology

From Latin Quirīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɪˈɹaɪ.nəs/

Proper noun

Quirinus

1. (Roman mythology) An early Roman deity of possibly Sabine origin.

Latin

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Quirinus

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Etymology

From the Sabine town Curēs, or from quirīs (“citizen”). Falsely derived, some say, from curīs (“spear”) and cūria (“court”). See also Quirītēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷɪˈriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷiˈriː.nus]

Proper noun

Quirīnus m sg (genitive Quirīnī); second declension

1. a Roman god of the state
2. (Roman mythology) of Romulus after his deification; Quirinus
3. (Roman mythology) of Janus
4. (poetic) of Augustus
5. (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

• quirīnus
• quirīnālis
• Quirīnālia

Descendants

• English: Quirinus
• French: Corin
• Italian: Quirino
• Portuguese: Quirino
• Spanish: Quirino

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.