Quiris
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from older *quirītis with syncope of the vowel. See Quirītēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷi.riːs/, [ˈkʷɪriːs̠]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiˈriːs/, [kʷɪˈriːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwiˈris/, [kwiˈris]
- Note: according to most but not all grammarians, the accent in this and similar forms occurred the final syllable.[1]
Noun
Quirīs m (genitive Quirītis); third declension
- The endonym of the Romans in their civil capacity, while Rōmānus referred to them in a political and military capacity.
- (very rare, poetic) an inhabitant of the Sabine town, Cures
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Quirīs | Quirītēs |
| Genitive | Quirītis | Quirītium Quirītum |
| Dative | Quirītī | Quirītibus |
| Accusative | Quirītem | Quirītēs Quirītīs |
| Ablative | Quirīte | Quirītibus |
| Vocative | Quirīs | Quirītēs |
Related terms
- Quirītēs
References
- Philomen Probert (2019-06-27) Latin Grammarians on the Latin Accent: The Transformation of Greek Grammatical Thought, 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