Quirinus
See also: quirinus
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Quirinus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Sabine town Curēs, or from quirīs (“citizen”). Falsely derived, some say, from curīs (“spear”) and cūria (“court”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷiˈriː.nus/, [kʷɪˈriːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwiˈri.nus/, [kwiˈriːnus]
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Quirīnus |
Genitive | Quirīnī |
Dative | Quirīnō |
Accusative | Quirīnum |
Ablative | Quirīnō |
Vocative | Quirīne |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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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