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]
  • (modern Italianate 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

  1. The endonym of the Romans in their civil capacity, while Rōmānus referred to them in a political and military capacity.
  2. (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

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Κυρῑ́της (Kurī́tēs)

References
  1. Philomen Probert (2019 June 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.
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