quiris

== Latin == === Alternative forms === curīs === Etymology === A Sabine word attested by Ovid to explain the origin of Quirīnus. See also Curēs. === Noun === quirīs f (genitive quirītis); third declension spear (= hasta) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === 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, 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.