quiris

See also: Quiris

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Sabine word attested by Ovid to explain the origin of Quirīnus. See also Curēs.

Noun

quirīs f (genitive quirītis); third declension

  1. spear (= hasta)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quirīs quirītēs
Genitive quirītis quirītum
Dative quirītī quirītibus
Accusative quirītem quirītēs
Ablative quirīte quirītibus
Vocative quirīs quirītēs

References
  • “quiris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quiris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quiris in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quiris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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