Quirites
See also: quirites
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Quirītēs "Roman citizens”
Proper noun
Quirites
Latin
Etymology
From the Sabine town, Curēs.
Proper noun
Quirītēs m pl (genitive Quirītium or Quirītum); third declension
- the inhabitants of the Sabine town, Cures
- the Roman people (after their union with the Sabine Quirites; the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Quirītēs |
| Genitive | Quirītium Quirītum |
| Dative | Quirītibus |
| Accusative | Quirītēs Quirītīs |
| Ablative | Quirītibus |
| Vocative | Quirītēs |
Related terms
References
- “Quirites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Quirites”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Quirites in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Quirites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.