quirito

quĭrīto, āre (in a dep. form: de Fenestellā quiritatur, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 377 P.), v. n. and a. [Quirites, i. e. to cry: pro fidem, Quirites!], orig., to implore the aid of the Quirites or Roman citizens; hence, in gen.

I.

Neutr., to raise a plaintive cry, to wail:

quiritare dicitur is, qui Quiritum fidem clamans implorat,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 68 Müll.:

ut quiritare urbanorum, sic jubilare rusticorum,

id. ib. 6, § 68 ib.: clare quiritans, Lucil. ap. Non. 21, 21:

vox quiritantium,

Liv. 39, 8. —

B.

In partic., of an orator, to scream, shriek, Quint. 3, 8, 54.—

II.

Act.

A.

To shriek out, cry aloud something: illi misero quiritanti, Civis Romanus natus sum, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3. —

B.

To bewail, lament, aliquid:

insanā voce casum mariti,

App. M. 8, p. 203, 33; 8, p. 209, 27.