Quiris
Latin
Etymology
From the Sabine town, Curēs.
Noun
Quirīs m (genitive Quirītis); third declension
- an inhabitant of the Sabine town, Cures
- (in the plural) the Roman people (after their union with the Sabine Quirites; the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Quirīs | Quirītēs |
| Genitive | Quirītis | Quirītium Quirītum |
| Dative | Quirītī | Quirītibus |
| Accusative | Quirītem | Quirītēs Quirītīs |
| Ablative | Quirīte | Quirītibus |
| Vocative | Quirīs | Quirītēs |
Related terms
References
- “Quiris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Quiris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Quiris in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Quiris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.