Quirinus

[ kwi-rahy-nuhs, -ree- ]

noun

an ancient Roman god of war, identified with the deified Romulus; a personification of the Roman nation.

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How to use Quirinus in a sentence

These manufactories are between the temples of Flora and Quirinus.
Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius
Quirinus, kwi-rī′nus, n. an Italic divinity identified with the deified Romulus.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various
A spring of naphtha rising there goes by the name of Quirinus-oil.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March | Sabine Baring-Gould
Aedes in colle Quirinali Romulo constituta, ipse pro deo cultus et Quirinus est appellatus.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond
Quirinus was miraculously preserved in infancy, when threatened with destruction by the tyrant ruler Amulius.
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors | Kersey Graves

British Dictionary definitions for Quirinus

Quirinus

/ (kwɪˈraɪnəs) /

noun

Roman myth a god of war, who came to be identified with the deified Romulus

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