Quirites

[ kwi-rahy-teez, -ree- ]

/ kwɪˈraɪ tiz, -ˈri- /

the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.

Origin of Quirites

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

Even in later years, the Roman citizens were addressed in the Forum as Quirites.

Woman under socialism |August Bebel
Caesar's son will not be exhibited to the Quirites in the triumphal procession.

Cleopatra, Complete |Georg Ebers
Quirites, verum id, quod multo praeclarius est, meamet facta mihi dicere licet.

De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino |Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)
And I never cared for the thermæ; warm baths are only fit for quirites, not for soldiers.

A Christian But a Roman |Mr Jkai

Quae ante vestra beneficia gratuito faciebam, ea uti accepta mercede deseram, non est consilium, Quirites.

De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino |Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)

Quirites

/ (kwɪˈraɪtiːz) /

the citizens of ancient Rome

from Latin: inhabitants of Cures, later applied generally to Roman citizens