Just to get this topic back on track: TIBEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRIUUUS! Why haven't you got Tiberius???
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**Without giving any more explanation of this comment, Curio sniggers and walks away again.**
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Gnæus Dionysius Draco wrote:Why, Scribonian rebels are not be treated kindly.
Marcus Scribonius Curio wrote:And what of Dionysian tyrants who are unaware of even the most basic nuances of English grammar?
Marcus Scribonius Curio wrote:As for Tiberius' evilness, well I think that's highly open to dispute. As for his ugliness, well amice I never looked at him in that way.
Gnæus Dionysius Draco wrote:The English Inquisition is born.
Gnæus Dionysius Draco wrote:Well, I have to agree with you. I don't think he was all that "evil". In a nutshell, I believe his bad image is largely thanks to Seianus and what his cronies did in Rome while he was away feasting in Capri.
L. CLAVDIVS INVICTVS wrote:Salve Quirite!
L. CLAVDIVS INVICTVS wrote:Tyberius was an excellent general, the best of his generation... In consideration for whats happened and how he was treated or mistreated by his family, the "populus romanum" and the "nobilitas", his cruelty and evilness was totally justified...
L. CLAVDIVS INVICTVS wrote:And we must remember that the title "Bad emperor" or "good emperor" was given by the senate's point of view, not the entire "populus romanum"...( equites, plebis, and so on...)
L. CLAVDIVS INVICTVS wrote:Verba volant, scriptum manent
I think the singular of "Quirites" is "Quiritis".
Quintus Pomponius Atticus wrote:Salve Draco,I think the singular of "Quirites" is "Quiritis".
I think not, amice. "Quirites" has no singular, belonging to the so-called "pluralia tantum".
Vale,
Atticus
L. CLAVDIVS INVICTVS wrote:Salvete Attice ( is that right? )et Draco!
.....and thank you for the insighted tips!
And of course, no offense taken....
Valete !!
post scriptum: Populus Romanorum: Verba volant, scripta manent
( better? )
Salvete Attice ( is that right? )et Draco!
As for Quirites, there actually is a singular form, but it's rarely used. Just like castrum and moenium, this word is the basis from which came Quirites and can almost only be found in early Latin.
The singular form is Quiris (genitive : Quiritis and so Quirites is the normal plural form) and means Roman citizen.
Arma deus Caesar dites meditatur ad Indos,
et freta gemmiferi findere classe maris.
magna, Quiris, merces: parat ultima terra triumphos
(Propertius, Elegies III.4)
Do you know of any other attestations ?
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