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                    "dictionary": "DGRBM",
                    "reference": "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (ed. William Smith 1870), Wikisource | public domain",
                    "source": "https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology",
                    "description": "Proper name: QUIRI´NUS, P. SULPI´CIUS. 1. Censor B. C. 42 with L. Antonius Pietas, and consul suffectus B. C. 36 in the place of M. Cocceius Nerva (Fasti). (<a href='https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology\/Quirinus,_P._Sulpicius_1.'>Wikisource<\/a> | public domain)"
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                    "description": "(adjective) : Quĭrīnus, a, um, 1. Quirinus, I.\n* Of or belonging to Quirinus, i. e. Romulus, Quirinal (poet.): spolia ex umeris Quirinis (al. Quirini),Prop. 4 (5), 10, 11. collis,i. e. the Quirinal,Ov. M. 14, 836.—Hence, as subst.: Quĭrīna, q. v.—And hence, perh., subst., the poet. appellation Quirinus, given to Augustus and Antony, cited under 1. Quirinus."
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                    "description": "Quĭrīnus (noun M) : from Quiris for Cures, a Sabine town; falsely derived from curim, a Sabine word, = hasta,Macr. S. 1, 9, 16; cf. Ov. F. 2, 475 sqq., or from curia, Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 357 sq.\n* A proper name.\n* Of Romulus, after his deification: Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 3 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 13, 22, 2: tertia (lux) dicta Quirino. Qui tenet hoc nomen, Romulus ante fuit. Sive quod hasta curis priscis est dicta Sabinis (Bellicus a telo venit in astra Deus): Sive suum regi nomen posuere Quirites: Seu quia Romanis junxerat ille Cures,Ov. F. 2, 475 sqq.; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20: duos flamines adjecit. Marti unum, alterum Quirino,Liv. 1, 20: Remo cum fratre Quirinus,Verg. A. 1, 292; hence, populus Quirini,i. e. the Romans,Hor. C. 1, 2, 46: urbs Quirini,i. e. Rome,Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 37: turba Quirini,id. M. 14, 607.—Poet., transf.: gemini Quirini,i. e. Romulus and Remus,Juv. 11, 105.\n* Of Janus: Janum Quirinum semel atque iterum a conditā Urbe clausum,i. e. the temple of Janus,Suet. Aug. 22; August. in Monum. Ancyr. Macr. S. 1, 9; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 610; cf.: Janus Quirini,Hor. C. 4, 15, 9.\n* Of Augustus (poet.), Verg. G. 3, 27.\n* Of Antony (poet.): altera classis erat tenero damnata Quirino,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 21."
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                    "description": "Male Personal name\nConfirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:\n<ul>\n<li>Quirinus (Masc), ref: PIR Q 0055 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/11323'>PIR ID11323<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Quirinus (Masc), ref: PIR Q 0056 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/11324'>PIR ID11324<\/a><\/li>\n<li>L. Sestius Quirinus L. Sestius Quirinalis L. Sestius Alb... Quirinalis (Masc, senator), ref: PIR S1 0436 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/12360'>PIR ID12360<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>"
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