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

The faex Romuli, a population of lodging-house keepers, living upon pilgrims to the papal court, could hardly be conceived, except by an ardent imagination, as heir to the Quirites of the past.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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

To-day, at the end of the nineteenth century, there is as much difference between the two words, soldier and citizen, as there was in the time of C�sar between two similar words—Milites and Quirites.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

The soldiers of Alexander are called Quirites, as if they were Romans.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various

"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