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Quirites


Qui-ri′tes

(kwĭ-rī′tēz)
,
Noun.
pl.
[L., fr.
Cures
, a Sabine town.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
Roman citizens.
☞ After the Sabines and Romans had united themselves into one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves in a civil capacity Quirites, while in a political and military capacity they retained the name of Romani.
Andrews.

Definition 2024


Quirites

Quirites

See also: quirites

English

Proper noun

Quirites

  1. The citizens of early Rome

quirites

quirites

See also: Quirites

Latin

Noun

quiritēs

  1. nominative plural of quiris
  2. accusative plural of quiris
  3. vocative plural of quiris

References

  • QUIRITES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • quirites in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quirites in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin