Talk:Quirin/@comment-11284001-20190423113451

"Qurin" is not the Latin word for a magic spell; that would be carmen, incantatio, or sortilegium. His name is a shortened form of the Latin Quirinus, which was the name given to Romulus, the founder of Rome, after his deification. The name is of uncertain origin, though it may be related to the Sabine word quiris, "a spear." (I had put this note under "Trivia," but I have removed it lest it be deemed irrelevant, along with the erroneous information that was there.)