Quirinus
Americannoun
noun
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Other confirmed actors in the series include Nick Frost as the affable groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid, Luke Thallon as professor Quirinus Quirrell and Paul Whitehouse as caretaker Argus Filch.
From BBC • May 27, 2025
Quirinus was the name of the deified Romulus, the founder of Rome.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
What’s more, Caesar had his own statue added to the Temple of Quirinus, the founder of Rome.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Quirinā′lia, a festival in ancient Rome in honour of Quirinus, on Feb. 17.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The site of the temple of Quirinus is ascertained to have been nearly that now occupied by S. Andrea a Monte Cavallo.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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