Quiris ītis, gen plur. tium, m
Cures.—
Plur,
the inhabitants of Cures, Quirites
: prisci, V.—After the
Sabines and the Romans were united, the people were called Quirites: ita
geminatā urbe . . . Quirites a curibus appellati, L.; the term
implied civilians, while Romani was regarded as the name of warriors and rulers. The
two were united in various phrases designating the whole people: populus
R. Quiritium,
the Roman commonwealth of Quirite citizens
, L.: exercitus populi
R. Quiritium, L.: populus
R. Quiritesque, L.: Quirites
Romani, L.; orators often addressed the people as
Quirites.—In the phrase, ius Quiritium,
the civil rights of a citizen in Rome
: iure Quiritium liber
esse.—Sing,
a Roman citizen, Quirite
: dona Quiritis, H.: reddere iura Quiriti, O.: Quis
te re donavit Quiritem Dis patriis? i. e.
unharmed
, H.—Of bees,
citizens, commonalty
: ipsae regem, parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,
V.