Quirinus

See also: quirinus

English

Etymology

From Latin Quirīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɪˈɹaɪ.nəs/

Proper noun

Quirinus

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

Latin

Etymology

From the Sabine town Curēs, or from quirīs (“citizen”). 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 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
• 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.