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Servius on the Grammar of Donatus (Keil p. 432, 22): Again, he uses
Quirites
(
Roman citizens
) only in the plural number. But we read in Horace the accusative
hunc Quiritem
(
this Roman citizen
) making the nominative
hic Quiris.
Again, the same Horace says
Quis te Quiritem?
and there the nominative will be
hic Quirites,
as Petronius says.
Pompeius in his Commentary on the Art of Donatus (
Keil p. 167, 9): No one says
this Roman citizen,
but
these Roman citizens,
although we find the former in books. Read Petronius, and you will find this use of the nominative singular. And Petronius says
Hic Quirites
(
this Roman citizen).
phi0972.phi001f. Petronius. Michael Heseltine (Editor). London. 1913.
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