Quirinus

1.

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.], 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, a, um, adj. [1. Quirinus, 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.