"Quirites" meaning in Latin

See Quirites in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [kʷɪˈriː.teːs] [Classical-Latin], [kʷiˈriː.tes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kom}} Proto-Italic *kom, {{cog|la-lat|quāgulum}} Late Latin quāgulum, {{bor|la|sbv|-}} Sabine, {{cog|grc|Κούρητες}} Ancient Greek Κούρητες (Koúrētes) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|((Quirītēs<3.I.pl>,Quirītēs<3.pl>))|g=m}} Quirītēs m pl (genitive Quirītium or Quirītum); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((Quirītēs<3.I.pl>,Quirītēs<3.pl>))}} Forms: Quirītēs [canonical, masculine, plural], Quirītium [genitive], Quirītum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Quirītēs [nominative, plural], Quirītium [genitive, plural], Quirītum [genitive, plural], Quirītibus [dative, plural], Quirītēs [accusative, plural], Quirītīs [accusative, plural], Quirītibus [ablative, plural], Quirītēs [plural, vocative]
  1. The endonym of the Romans in their civil capacity, while Rōmānī referred to them in a political and military capacity. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-Quirites-la-name-~asU5vxW Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Ethnonyms Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 64 36 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 47 53
  2. (very rare, poetic) the inhabitants of the Sabine town, Cures Tags: declension-3, poetic, rare
    Sense id: en-Quirites-la-name-TfcNHlEv Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin pluralia tantum, Ethnonyms Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 45 55 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Quirīs 
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