quaestor
Americannoun
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one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
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(later) one of the public magistrates in charge of the state funds, as treasury officers or those attached to the consuls and provincial governors.
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Origin of quaestor
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, equivalent to quaes-, base of quaerere “to seek” + -tor noun suffix; see -tor
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When he returned from his first political posting, as quaestor in Sicily, for instance, he imagined his fame would have spread far and wide.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
During the reign of Commodus, Dio practised as an advocate at the Roman bar, and held the offices of aedile and quaestor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
Here he made himself so popular that the senate in alarm prolonged the command of Orestes, in order that Gaius might be obliged to remain there in his capacity of quaestor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
When quaestor in 137, he accompanied the consul C. Hostilius Mancinus to Spain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Lucan quaestor: famous as a reciter and pleader.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
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