Quirinus

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.

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.

Quirīnus, ī, m. (nach Macr. sat. 1, 9, 16 = bellorum potens, ab hasta, quam Sabini curim vocant; vgl. Ov. fast. 2, 475), der Lanzenschwinger, der Kriegerische, als Name, I) des Romulus nach seiner Erhebung zum Gott, Cic. de rep. 2, 20; de legg. 1, 3; de off. 3, 41. Ov. fast. 2, 475. Verg. Aen. 1, 292. Lact. 1, 21, 23: dah. populus Quirini, die Römer, Hor. carm. 1, 2, 46: urbs Quirini, Rom, Ov. trist. 1, 8, 37: gemini Quirini, Romulus und Remus, Iuven. 11, 105. – II) des Janus, Suet. Aug. 22. Macr. sat. 1, 9, 15; vgl. Ianus Quirini, Hor. carm. 4, 15, 9. – III) des Antonius, Prop. 4, 6, 21. – IV) des Augustus, Verg. georg. 3, 27. – Dav.: A) Quirīnus, a, um, quirinisch, romulisch, umeri, Prop. collis, der Quirinal, Ov. – Quirina (tribus), eine röm. Tribus, Cic. Quinct. 24; vgl. Fest. 254 (b), 14. – B) Quirīnālis e, dem Quirinus (Romulus) gehörig, -geweiht, quirinalisch, lituus, wie ihn Romulus getragen, Verg.: so auch trabea, Verg.: flamen, Eigenpriester des Romulus, Varro: collis, der quirinalische Hügel, der Quirinal, j. Monte Cavallo, Varro, Cic. u.a. – subst., Quirīnālia, ium, n., das am 17. Februar (XIII. kal. Mart.) zu Ehren des Romulus gefeierte Fest, die Quirinalien, Cic. ad Q. fr. 2, 3, 4 u. 13, 3.

Quirinus [CL =Roman deity whose functions resembled those of Mars] 1 title or epithet of Mars. Mars ‥ frequentius ‥ quum seviret Gradivus, quum tranquillus esset, ~us dicebatur Alb. Lond. DG 11. 10 p. 234; Romani ‥ a ~o ‥ nominari ceperunt M. Par. Maj. I 36 (v. Quiris 1); Mars deus belli ‥ cum bella sevirent apud Romanos dicebatur Gradivus, in pace vero ~us Wals. AD 25. 2 (as personal name). martires ‥ ~us, Agapitus, Felicissimus W. Malm. GR IV 352. 3 stone, said to be found in a hoopoe’s nest, that reveals secrets and causes hallucinations if placed under the head of a sleeper. quirin [Trevisa: quiryn] ‥ est lapis qui upuparum nidulis invenitur Bart. Angl. XVI 83. 4 (in name of illness). ~i sancta plaga, morbus descr’ LC 260a.

Quĭrīnus, (11) ī, m. (Cures, ou curis : Ov. F. 2, 477 ; Macr. Sat. 15, 2,) ¶ 1 nom de Romulus après sa mort : Enn. Ann. 117 ; Cic. Rep. 2, 20 ; Liv. 1, 20, 3 ; Virg. En. 1, 292 ¶ 2 surnom de Janus : Suet. Aug. 22 ¶ 3 [poét.] Auguste : Virg. G. 3, 27 ¶ 4 Antoine : Prop. 4, 6, 21 || adj. -rīnus, a, um : -nus collis Ov. M. 14, 836, le Quirinal, v. Quirinalis.

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Quiri'nus

according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus (2.48), a Sabine word, and perhaps to be derived from quiris, a lance or spear. It occurs first of all as the name of Romulus, after he had been raised to the rank of a divinity, and the festival celebrated in his honour bore the name of Quirinalia (Verg. A. 1.292: Cic. De Nat. Deor. 2.24; Ov. Am. 3.8. 51, Fast. 4.56, 808, 6.375, Met. 15.862.) Owing to the probable meaning of the word it is also used as a surname of Mars, Janus, and even of Augustus. (Ov. Fast. 2.477; Serv. ad Aen. 7.610; Sueton. Aug. 22 Macr. 1.9; Verg. G. 3.27; Lydus, De Mens. p. 144; comp. Romulus.) [L.S]

Quiri'nus, P. Sulpi'cius

1. Censor B. C. 42 with L. Antonius Pietas, and consul suffectus B. C. 36 in the place of M. Cocceius Nerva (Fasti).

Quiri'nus, P. Sulpi'cius

2. Consul B. C. 12 with M. Valerius Messalla. It would appear from his name that he was the son of the preceding; but the language of Tacitus (Tac. Ann. 3.48) implies that he was of obscure origin. This historian relates that he was a native of Lanuvium, and had no connection with the ancient Sulpicia gens; and that it was owing to his military abilities and active services that he gained the consulship under Augustus. He was subsequently sent into Cilicia, where he subdued the Homonadenses, a fierce people dwelling in Mount Taurus ; and in consequence of this success, he received the honour of the triumphal ornaments. In B. C. 1, or a year or two afterwards, Augustus appointed him to direct the counsels of his grandson C. Caesar, then in Armenia; and on his way to the East he paid a visit to Tiberius, who was at that time living at Rhodes. Some years afterwards, but not before A. D. 5, he was appointed governor of Syria, and while in this office he took a census of the Jewish people. This is the statement of Josephus, and appears to be at variance with that of Luke, who speaks as if the census or enrolment of Cyrenius was made at the time of the birth of Christ. This discrepancy has given rise to much discussion and various explanations, of which the reader will find an able account in Winer's Biblisches Realwörterbuch, s. v. Quirinius.

Quirinus had been married to Aemilia Lepida, whom he divorced; but in A. D. 20, twenty years after the divorce, he brought an accusation against her, because she pretended to have had a son by him. She was at the same time accused of other crimes; but the conduct of Quirinus met with general disapprobation as harsh and revengeful. Tiberius, notwithstanding his dissimulation, was evidently in favour of the prosecution, as he was anxious to conciliate Quirinus, who had no children, and might therefore be expected to leave his property to the emperor. Quirinus died in A. D. 21, and was honoured with a public funeral, which Tiberius requested of the senate. (D. C. 54.28; Tac. Ann. 2.30, 3.22, 48; Suet. Tib. 49 ; Strab. xii. p.569; J. AJ 18.1.1 ; St. Luke, 2.1; comp. Acts of Apost. 5.37.) R

Quirīnus (1) ī, m

• Quiris, i. e. Cures, of Cures, of the Quirites; hence, the deified Romulus: Quirinus vocatur Romulus: duos flamines adiecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino, L.: Remo cum fratre Quirinus, V.: populus Quirini, the Romans, H.: turba Quirini, O.: gemini Quirini, i. e. Romulus and Remus, Iu.: Ianum Quirini clausit, H.

Quirīnus (2) adj.

• 1 Quirinus, of Quirinus, of Romulus, Quirinal: collis, i. e. the Quirinal, O.: victor, i. e. Augustus, V.: umeri, Pr.

Quirīnus

The Sabine name of Mars, as the god who brandished the lance (from the Sabine curis= Latin quiris, the lance). The Sabines worshipped him under this name as the father of the founder of their old capital, Cures, just as the Romans honoured Mars as the father of Romulus. When the Sabines migrated to Rome, they took the cult and the name of the god of their race to their new home on the Quirinal Hill. In this way Quirinus, though identical with Mars, had a distinct and separate worship on the slope of the Quirinal. He possessed a temple with priests (see flamen; Salii) and a special festival. When, in the course of time, their connection was forgotten, Quirinus was identified with the deified Romulus, the son of Mars. The name is also applied to the Ianus or something in the Forum, which it seems to designate as the “Ianus of the Roman people” (Suet. Aug. 22).

Quirīnus, P. Sulpicius

A native of Lanuvium, of obscure origin, but raised to the highest honours by Augustus. He was consul B.C. 12, and subsequently carried on war against some of the robber tribes dwelling in the mountains of Cilicia. In B.C. 1 Augustus appointed him to direct the counsels of his grandson C. Caesar, then in Armenia. About A.D. 5 he was made governor of Syria, and as such took a census of the Jews. He died in A.D. 21 (Dio Cass. liv. 25; Suet. Tib. 49; Tac. Ann. iii. 48).