Quirites
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of Quirites
< Latin Quirītēs, plural of Quirīs, associated, perhaps by folk etymology, with Cures, a Sabine town
Example Sentences
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The hill on which the Sabines settled took its name from their word for themselves, Quirites, the People with the Spears.
From The Childhood of Rome by Louise Lamprey
"It is according to law," growled the Quirites.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
Simply by addressing them as "Quirites," instead of "Milites," he appalled them into obedience.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
This is mine, according to the law of the Quirites.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
"May this be good, and of good omen, happy, and fortunate to the Roman people, the Quirites; which now I lay before you, Fathers, and Conscript Senators."
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Henry William Herbert
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