Quirites

American  

[kwi-rahy-teez, -ree-] / kwɪˈraɪ tiz, -ˈri- /

plural noun

1. the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.

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Quirites British  

/ kwɪˈraɪtiːz /

plural noun

1. the citizens of ancient Rome

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Etymology

Origin of Quirites

< Latin Quirītēs, plural of Quirīs, associated, perhaps by folk etymology, with Cures, a Sabine town

Example Sentences

On the other were the Quirites and the site of the Sabine arx, that Capitolium so-called, says Montfaucon, "because it was the head of the world, from which the consuls and senators governed the universe."

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

"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 Herbert, Henry William

"Etenim, Quirites, exiguum nobis vitæ curriculum natura circumscripsit, immensum gloriæ."

From Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase Delivered by William M. Evarts before the Alumni of Dartmouth College, at Hanover by Evarts, William Maxwell

Ex.: ‘quamobrem, Quirites, celebratote illos dies cum coniugibus ac liberis vestris: nam multi saepe honores dis immortalibus iusti habiti sunt, sed profecto iustiores nunquam.’

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Pompey's behavior in this very matter, Quirites, is worthy of his character.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Foster, Herbert Baldwin