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Quirinus2

Quirinus2 · m

a proper name

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Where it lives

Ausonius 1 · 69.44/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 19s 1 · 49.75/10k
Precationes 1 · 21.6/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 5.05/10k
de Bello Gothico 2 · 4.96/10k
Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 4.81/10k
Fasti 13 · 4.17/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k
Carmina 3 · 2.26/10k
Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
Punica 14 · 1.84/10k

Densest 12 of 53 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Quĭrīnus — Lewis & Short

Quĭrīnus, i, m.from Quiris for Cures, a Sabine town; falsely derived from curim, a Sabine word, = hasta, Macr. S. 1, 9, 16; cf. Ov. F. 2, 475 sqq., or from curia, Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 357 sq.,

I a proper name.

I Of Romulus, after his deification: Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 3 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 13, 22, 2: tertia (lux) dicta Quirino. Qui tenet hoc nomen, Romulus ante fuit. Sive quod hasta curis priscis est dicta Sabinis (Bellicus a telo venit in astra Deus): Sive suum regi nomen posuere Quirites: Seu quia Romanis junxerat ille Cures, Ov. F. 2, 475 sqq.; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20: duos flamines adjecit. Marti unum, alterum Quirino, Liv. 1, 20: Remo cum fratre Quirinus, Verg. A. 1, 292; hence, populus Quirini, i. e. the Romans, Hor. C. 1, 2, 46: urbs Quirini, i. e. Rome, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 37: turba Quirini, id. M. 14, 607.—Poet., transf.: gemini Quirini, i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105. —

II Of Janus: Janum Quirinum semel atque iterum a conditā Urbe clausum, i. e. the temple of Janus, Suet. Aug. 22; August. in Monum. Ancyr. Macr. S. 1, 9; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 610; cf.: Janus Quirini, Hor. C. 4, 15, 9. —

III Of Augustus (poet.), Verg. G. 3, 27.—

IV Of Antony (poet.): altera classis erat tenero damnata Quirino, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 21.

2. Quĭrīnus — Lewis & Short

Quĭrīnus, a, um, adj.1. Quirinus, I.,

I of or belonging to Quirinus, i. e. Romulus, Quirinal (poet.): spolia ex umeris Quirinis (al. Quirini), Prop. 4 (5), 10, 11. collis, i. e. the Quirinal, Ov. M. 14, 836.—Hence, as subst.: Quĭrīna, q. v.—And hence, perh., subst., the poet. appellation Quirinus, given to Augustus and Antony, cited under 1. Quirinus.

3. Quirinus — Walde–Hofmann

Quirinus, -i m. „ein verschollener, später (seit Lucan) mit Romulus gleichgesetzter Gott* (s. Wissowa Rel.? 15311.) (seit Carm. Sal. und Lex reg., vgl. équirine üsiurandum per Quirinum Paul. Fest. p. 81; Quirina tribus à Curünsibus Sabinis appellativum videtur traxisse Fest. p. 254 [oft Inschr.], Quiriniäna mala „Art Apfel bei der Stadt Cures" seit Plin.; vgl. EN. Quirinius seit Sol., Quirinalis [collis, flamen] … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Quirinus, p. 1315]

In the wild

Quirini Tacitus, Annales 3.p48
Quirinum Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.62.p2
Quirini Statius, Silvae 3.5.112
Quirini Silius Italicus, Punica 10.332
Quirini Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 1.1.539
Quirini Claudian, de consulatu Stilichonis 3.1.123

6 of 126 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Quirinus (scan p. 1315; entry #2218).

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