quirinalis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Quirīnus (a Roman deity) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷi.riːˈnaː.lis/, [kʷɪriːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwi.riˈna.lis/, [kwiriˈnäːlis]
Adjective[edit]
quirīnālis (neuter quirīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- dedicated or pertaining to the god Quirinus
- Quirinal (hill)
- 3rd century, Sextus Aurelius Victor, De viris illustribus urbis Romae (Franz Pichlmayr, Teubner (1911)):
- Etruscos saepe domuit, collem Quirinalem et Viminalem et Esquilias urbi addidit [...]
- He often tamed the Etruscans, and added the Quirinal, Viminal and Esquiline hills to the city [...]
- 3rd century, Sextus Aurelius Victor, De viris illustribus urbis Romae (Franz Pichlmayr, Teubner (1911)):
Usage notes[edit]
- Often capitalized.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quirīnālis | quirīnāle | quirīnālēs | quirīnālia | |
| Genitive | quirīnālis | quirīnālium | |||
| Dative | quirīnālī | quirīnālibus | |||
| Accusative | quirīnālem | quirīnāle | quirīnālēs quirīnālīs |
quirīnālia | |
| Ablative | quirīnālī | quirīnālibus | |||
| Vocative | quirīnālis | quirīnāle | quirīnālēs | quirīnālia | |
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Descendants[edit]
- Italian: Quirinale