Quirites.
The endonym of the Romans in their civil capacity, while Rōmānī referred to them in a political and military capacity.
Meaning & usage
The endonym of the Romans in their civil capacity, while Rōmānī referred to them in a political and military capacity.
the inhabitants of the Sabine town, Cures
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. A common proposal is Proto-Italic *kom + *wiros (“fellow man”), which De Vaan (2008) rejects by contrasting the phonetic evolution in cūria, yet doesn't settle on an etymon. 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 Late Latin quāgulum from coāgulum. According to a Roman legend, from the Sabine town, Curēs, which would make it a Sabine loanword. In Ancient Greek the inhabitants of Cures were named Κυρῖται (Kurîtai). Compare Ancient Greek Κούρητες (Koúrētes).
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