Quirinus

[ kwi-rahy-nuhs, -ree- ]

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noun

an ancient Roman god of war, identified with the deified Romulus; a personification of the Roman nation.

Quirinus

/ kwɪˈraɪnəs /

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These manufactories are between the temples of Flora and Quirinus.

Quirinus, kwi-rī′nus, n. an Italic divinity identified with the deified Romulus.

A spring of naphtha rising there goes by the name of Quirinus-oil.

Aedes in colle Quirinali Romulo constituta, ipse pro deo cultus et Quirinus est appellatus.

Quirinus was miraculously preserved in infancy, when threatened with destruction by the tyrant ruler Amulius.

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