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
They presided over agriculture, the rights of property, conjugal fidelity, truth and justice; and in like manner in early Rome, “Cana Fides et Vesta; Remo cum fratre Quirinus Jura dabant.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
The new cardinal, if he had indulged in an historical controversy with "Quirinus," might have emerged from it with less credit to himself than amusement to the learned society of Europe.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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