Quirinus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Quirīnus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwɪˈɹaɪ.nəs/ === Proper noun === Quirinus (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”). See also Quirītēs. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷɪˈriː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷiˈriː.nus] === Proper noun === 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 ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== quirīnus quirīnālis Quirīnālia ==== Descendants ==== English: Quirinus French: Corin Italian: Quirino Portuguese: Quirino Spanish: 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.