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Meaning of porro Quirites | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B2

Definitions

hither, ye Romans!

Examples

“Porrō, Quirītēs! lībertātem perdimus.”

Hither, ye Romans! we’re losing our liberty.

“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,”
“Nec diū tāle facinus meīs oculīs tolerantibus, “Porrō Quirītēs” prōclāmāre gestīvī […]”

And, my eyes not tolerating such a travesty any longer, I struggled to cry out “Hither, ye Romans” […]

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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