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phrase

porrō Quirītēs

porrō Quirītēs

Meaning

  1. hither, ye Romans!
    Porrō, Quirītēs! lībertātem perdimus.Hither, ye Romans! we’re losing our liberty.c. 105 BCE – 43 BCE, Decimus Laberius, Fragments 361 in Scaenicae Romanorum Poesis Fragmenta (volume I), Otto Ribbeck (editor), Leipzig 1897
    Porrō―nam quis erit modus?―Quirītēs, aut praecīdite sēmināle membrum, quod tōtīs mihi noctibus fatīgant vīcīnae sine fīne prūrientēs vērnīs passeribus salāciōrēs, aut rumpar, nec habēbitis Priāpum. Hither―for what measure will there be?―Romans, either cut me the seminal member, which in all the nights exhaust the neighbour women, endlessly itching more lecherous than the springtime sparrows,c. 1st C. CE, various authors, Priapeia 26.1–6

Quick answers

What does porrō Quirītēs mean in Latin?
porrō Quirītēs, a phrase, means “hither, ye Romans!”.