Quirites

quirites English Etymology From en la Quirītēs. Proper noun en historical The citizens of early Rome. Related terms en quiritarian en quiritary Latin Etymology la. A common proposal is la itc-pro *kom + itc-pro *wiros fellow man, which De Vaan (2008) rejects by contrasting the phonetic evolution in la cūria, yet doesn't settle on an etymon.509 quirīs, -ītis Against this, Vine (2016) suggests that the two words could simply stem from periods of different stress, so that different syllables underwent vowel reduction: /kowiˈriː-/ > /kʷiˈriː-/ like la-lat quāgulum from la coāgulum.en Brent Vine "Latin bēs/bessis 'two thirds of an as'" Tavet Tat Satyam: Studies in Honor of Jared S. Klein on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday 2016 327 https://www.academia.edu/39081498/_Latin_b%C4%93s_bessis_two_thirds_of_an_as_ https://web.archive.org/web/20260924154813/https://www.academia.edu/39081498/_Latin_b%C4%93s_bessis_two_thirds_of_an_as_ 24 September 2026 According to a Roman legend, from the Sabine town, la Curēs, which would make it a la sbv - loanword. In Ancient Greek the inhabitants of Cures were named grc Κυρῖται. Compare grc Κούρητες. Pronunciation Quirītēs Proper noun ((Quirītēs<3.I.pl>,Quirītēs<3.pl>)) m The endonym of the Romans in their civil capacity, while la Rōmānī referred to them in a political and military capacity. Declension ((Quirītēs<3.I.pl>,Quirītēs<3.pl>)) Noun la noun form Quirītēs la Quirīs nom//acc//voc p References Further reading la Ethnonyms