Quirinus

See also: quirinus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Quirīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɪˈɹaɪ.nəs/

Proper noun

Quirinus m

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

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiˈriː.nus/, [kʷɪˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwiˈri.nus/, [kwiˈriːnus]

Proper noun

Quirīnus m sg (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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Quirīnus
Genitive	Quirīnī
Dative	Quirīnō
Accusative	Quirīnum
Ablative	Quirīnō
Vocative	Quirīne

Derived terms

• quirīnus
• quirīnālis
• Quirīnālia

Descendants

• English: Quirinus
• Italian: Quirino
• Portuguese: 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.