quirinalis
Latin
editEtymology
editDerived from Quirīnus (a Roman deity) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷi.riːˈnaː.lis/, [kʷɪriːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwi.riˈna.lis/, [kwiriˈnäːlis]
Adjective
editquirīnālis (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
editThird-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 |
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Italian: Quirinale