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Quirinus
Quirinus
See also: quirinus
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from quiris (“spear, lance”). Other proposed etymologies include connections with the name of the Sabine town of Cures or with 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
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
nominative | Quirīnus |
genitive | Quirīnī |
dative | Quirīnō |
accusative | Quirīnum |
ablative | Quirīnō |
vocative | Quirīne |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Quirinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
quirinus
quirinus
See also: Quirinus
Latin
Adjective
quirīnus m (feminine quirīna, neuter quirīnum); first/second declension
- dedicated or pertaining to the god Quirinus
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | quirīnus | quirīna | quirīnum | quirīnī | quirīnae | quirīna | |
genitive | quirīnī | quirīnae | quirīnī | quirīnōrum | quirīnārum | quirīnōrum | |
dative | quirīnō | quirīnō | quirīnīs | ||||
accusative | quirīnum | quirīnam | quirīnum | quirīnōs | quirīnās | quirīna | |
ablative | quirīnō | quirīnā | quirīnō | quirīnīs | |||
vocative | quirīne | quirīna | quirīnum | quirīnī | quirīnae | quirīna |
Usage notes
- Often capitalized.
Synonyms
Descendants
- Italian: quirino