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|lshtext=<b>Caere</b>: n. indecl. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. Caerĭtis. f., Verg. A. 8, 597; abl. Caerēte, id. ib. 10, 183), = Καιρη Steph., Καιρέα Strab., a [[very]] [[ancient]] [[city]] of [[Etruria]], one of the [[twelve]]; [[previously]] called [[Agylla]], [[now]] Cervetri, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 597; 10, 183; Liv 1, 60, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Caeres, ĭtis and ētis, adj., of or pertaining to Cœre, Cœritic: [[populus]], Liv. 7, 19, 6: aquae, Val. Max. 1, 6, 9; cf. Liv. 22, 1, 10.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: Caerĭtes (Caerētes), um, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Liv. 7, 19, 8 and 10; 7, 20, 1; 5, 50, 3. In [[consequence]] of [[assisting]] the Romans in the [[Gallic]] [[war]], [[they]] [[received]] the [[privilege]] of Roman [[citizenship]], [[but]] [[without]] the jus suffragii. Hence the catalogues of [[such]] [[quasi]]-citizens were called tabulae [[Caerites]] or Caeritum, and Roman citizens, in [[consequence]] of [[disfranchisement]] inflicted by the [[censor]], were enrolled in these, [[being]] deprived of the [[right]] of voting; [[hence]] the [[odious]] [[access]]. [[idea]] of the [[expression]] in tabulas [[Caerites]] (um) referri, to be [[degraded]]. Ascon. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; Gell. 16, 13, 7 sq.—Hence: Caerite cerā ( = tabulā) digni, Hor. Ep 1, 6, 62 (notā infamiae et omni ignominiā digni sumus, Schol. Crucq.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Caerētā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cœre: [[amnis]], Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cae-rētānum, i, n., a [[country]]-[[seat]] [[near]] Cœre, Col. 3, 3, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Caerētāna, ōrum, n. (sc. vina), [[wine]] from Cœre, Mart. 13, 124.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Caerētāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cœre, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.