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quaestor

or 辩耻别蝉路迟辞谤

[ kwes-ter, kwee-ster ]

noun

Roman History.
  1. one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
  2. (later) one of the public magistrates in charge of the state funds, as treasury officers or those attached to the consuls and provincial governors.


quaestor

/ 藞kw蓻st蓹; -t蓴藧; 藞kwi藧st蓹; kw蓻藞st蓴藧r瑟蓹l /

noun

  1. any of several magistrates of ancient Rome, usually a financial administrator
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辩耻补别蝉迟辞谤藢蝉丑颈辫, noun
  • quaestorial, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辩耻补别蝉路迟辞路谤颈路补濒 [kwe-, stawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, stohr, -, kwee-], adjective
  • 辩耻补别蝉顎僼辞谤路蝉丑颈辫顎 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quaestor1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, equivalent to quaes-, base of quaerere 鈥渢o seek鈥 + -tor noun suffix; -tor
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quaestor1

C14: from Latin, from quaerere to inquire
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The South East of England MEP is one of five of the parliament鈥檚 鈥渜uaestors鈥, meaning she scrutinises funding and administration.

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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.

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He procured in some way the post of a clerkship in the quaestor鈥檚 office, and about three years after the battle of Philippi, he was introduced by Virgil and Varius to Maecenas.

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That he had become a man of some note in that capacity is suggested by the fact that he attracted the attention of the Roman quaestor Cato, and accompanied him to Rome.

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In 101 Hadrian was quaestor, in 105 tribune of the people, in 106 praetor.

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