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, Ap. Met. 8, 6, 16; 8, 18, 2.