Quiris

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from older *quirītis with syncope of the vowel. See Quirītēs.

Pronunciation

Noun

Quirīs m (genitive Quirītis); third declension

  1. The endonym of the Romans in their civil capacity, while Rōmānus referred to them in a political and military capacity.
  2. (very rare, poetic) an inhabitant of the Sabine town, Cures

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative Quirīs Quirītēs
genitive Quirītis Quirītium
Quirītum
dative Quirītī Quirītibus
accusative Quirītem Quirītēs
Quirītīs
ablative Quirīte Quirītibus
vocative Quirīs Quirītēs

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Κυρῑ́της (Kurī́tēs)

References

  1. ^ Philomen Probert (27 June 2019) Latin Grammarians on the Latin Accent: The Transformation of Greek Grammatical Thought[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-231

Further reading

  • 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.