Quirinus

//kwɪˈɹaɪ.nəs// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An early Roman deity of possibly Sabine origin. Roman

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""Then wars shall cease and savage times grow mild, / and Remus and Quirinus, brethren twain, / with hoary Faith and Vesta undefiled, / shall give the law. With iron bolt and chain / firm-closed the gates of Janus shall remain. / Within, the Fiend of Discord, high reclined / on horrid arms, unheeded in the fane, / bound with a hundred brazen knots behind, / and grim with gory jaws, his grisly teeth shall grind.""

Etymology

From Latin Quirīnus.

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