Quirinus

See also: quirinus

English

Etymology

From Latin Quirīnus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwɪˈɹaɪ.nəs/

Proper noun

Quirinus m

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

Latin

Etymology

From the Sabine town, Curēs. Falsely derived, some say, from curīs (“spear”) and cūria (“court”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiˈriː.nus/, [kᶣɪˈriː.nʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwiˈri.nus/, [kwiˈriː.nus]

Proper noun

Quirīnus m (genitive Quirīnī); second declension

  1. a proper name
  2. (Roman mythology) of Romulus after his deification; Quirinus
  3. (Roman mythology) of Janus
  4. (poetic) of Augustus
  5. (poetic) of Mark Antony

Inflection

Second declension.

Case 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
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