quiritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Quiris, Quiritis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
citizens (pl.) of Rome collectively in their peacetime functions;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →quiris, quiritis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
spear (Sabine word);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →Quiris, Quiritis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
inhabitants (pl.) of the Sabine town Cures; Romans in their civil capacity;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →queo, quire, quivi(ii), quitus:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Frequent
be able;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tecto, pretiosaque uestis 385hirtam membra super Romani more Quiritis induxisse togam, Venerisque hic us usus, progenies: urbi pater..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nemorosi colle Palati reddentemque suo iam regia iura Quiriti abstulit Iliaden: corpus mortale per auras dilapsum tenues..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...facias facta referre palam? ignoto meretrix corpus iunctura Quiriti opposita populum summovet ante sera; tu tua prostitues famae..."
