ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
quĭris: or cŭris Sabine,
I a spear: sive quod hasta curis (al. quiris) est dicta Sabinis, Ov. F. 2, 477.
(1) quĭris, is, f., pique, lance : Ov. *F. 2, 477 ; v. curis.
quiris quiritis N F :: spear (Sabine word)