quaestor
/ˈkwiːstə
/noun
(In ancient Rome) any of a number of officials who had charge of public revenue and expenditure.Chosen by C. Marius as his quaestor he distinguished himself in the Numidian War....
- Once again, elections were held for aedile, praetor, quaestor and the other traditional offices of the Republic.
- Another specialist was the quaestor, whose duty was to look after all the money matter.
Derivatives
quaestorial
- Cassiodorus' proficiency as a ghostwriter was so remarkable that he was called upon to perform what were technically quaestorial functions.
- Here the indignant tone and violation of conventions betray the authentic voice of the emperor Maximus without quaestorial smoothing.
quaestorship
- Other magistracies, the aedileship and the tribunate of the plebs, might be held between quaestorship and praetorship, but were not obligatory.
- As an individual aged he could expect to hold increasingly senior posts: the quaestorship at twenty-seven, praetorship in his late thirties and the consulship at forty-two.
Origin
Latin, from an old form of quaesit- 'sought', from the verb quaerere.
Rhymes
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