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▪ I. quæstor Rom. Antiq.|ˈkwiːstə(r)|
Also 4–7 questor.
[a. L. quæstor, agent-n. from quærĕre to seek, inquire.]
1. a. One of a number of Roman officials who had charge of the public revenue and expenditure, acting as treasurers of state, paymasters of the troops, etc. b. In early times: A public prosecutor in certain criminal cases.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 49 Caton þe questor brouȝte hym [Ennius] to Rome. Questor is he þat gadreþ tribut to Rome, and þe domesman was somtyme i-cleped questor. 1577Hellowes Gueuara's Chron. 80 Adrian was made Questor, that is to say, he had charge to prouide victuals and furniture for the campe. 1641‘Smectymnuus’ Answ. §12 (1653) 45 Tiberius granted a Questors dignitie unto a Bishop for his eloquence. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xvii. II. 53 In the course of nine centuries, the office of quæstor had experienced a very singular revolution. 1838Arnold Hist. Rome I. 339 The two quæstors who judged in cases of blood, were also chosen from the patricians.
transf. and fig.1850S. Dobell The Roman v. Poet. Wks. (1875) 63, I, her [Pity's] quæstor, Claim tribute from you. A few tears will pay it. 1863Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 124 Our modern quæstors are every whit as grasping and venal as the satellites of Verres and Dolabella.
2. The chief financial officer, the Treasurer, of the University of St. Andrews and, formerly, of other universities, esp. in Scotland.
1673J. Ray Observations Journey Low-Countries 85 This Senate chuses..a Quaestor, who gathers up the University Revenue and Rents [at Heidelberg]. 1754Session Papers 5 Mar. 12 In effect the Quaestor of the Library, Quaestor of the University, Aerarii universitatis quaestor, falls to be deemed as one and the same Thing. 1920H. Scott Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ III. 133/1 He was Quaestor [sc. collector of revenues] of the Univ. of Glasgow in 1577. 1946R. G. Cant Univ. St. Andrews 109 [The Senatus] authorised the conferring of degrees, it administered the university finances, controlled the common Library, and appointed the common officers, such as the Librarian, the Quaestor, and the Archbeadle. 1966Times 17 June 3/2 (Advt.), Applications are invited for the post of an additional Assistant Quaestor in the University, in the Quaestor & Factor's department, St. Andrews.
▪ II. quæstor
variant of questor n.1 |