Quiritiann.adj.

1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested I. ii. i. 225 To render it uniform, therefore, as Analogy will, we must humbly english the latin terms, or learnedly latinise the english. We must..say..Fidenatians with Quiritians..or..Quirites with Fidenates.

1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes iv. xiv. 193 How Shall the Quiritians [L. Quiritium], oh Augustus, now..Thy virtues eternise?

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 86 A man was either owner according to the law of the Quiritians, or he was not held to be owner at all.

1839 G. R. W. Baxter Don Juan Junior i. Notes 48 The above term [sc. Melle] in the Quiritian, or latin language, means ‘Honey’—not Lord Melbourne.

1844 in Dublin Rev. (1926) Jan. 36 [Justæ nuptiæ] were made by Roman citizens and entitled the parties to all the rights and privileges of the Quiritian marriages.

1906 W. T. Arnold Stud. Rom. Imperialism iii. 99 A Latin..could not hold land in full quiritian ownership, and was of course ineligible for Roman office.

1961 W. S. Davis Day in Old Rome viii. 146 A citizen..has his personal and property rights protected by the best kind of ‘Quiritian’ law.

2006 Constellations 13 173 In the time of the Roman Empire even a (high-ranking) slave..could make a legal appeal,..(..as if he were free according to Quiritian law).