quaestor
See also: quæstor
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwiːstə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwistɚ/
- Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
Noun
editquaestor (plural quaestors)
- (historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
- 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 85, footnote 2:
- Decoratus was quæstor in A.D. 508.
- 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 85, footnote 2:
- (historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
- (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
Translations
editAncient Roman official
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Quaestor sacri palatii
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Medieval officer who announced indulgences
Anagrams
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Noun
editquaestor m (plural quaestoren or quaestors or quaestores, diminutive quaestortje n, feminine quaestrix)
Synonyms
edit- (treasurer): penningmeester, schatbewaarder, thesaurier
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFor Proto-Italic *kʷaistōr, as quaerō + -tor.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷae̯s.tor/, [ˈkʷäe̯s̠t̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwes.tor/, [ˈkwɛst̪or]
Noun
editquaestor m (genitive quaestōris); third declension
- quaestor
- Hypernym: magistrātus
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6:
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
- Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | quaestor | quaestōrēs |
Genitive | quaestōris | quaestōrum |
Dative | quaestōrī | quaestōribus |
Accusative | quaestōrem | quaestōrēs |
Ablative | quaestōre | quaestōribus |
Vocative | quaestor | quaestōrēs |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Byzantine Greek: κυαισίτωρ (kuaisítōr)
- →? Faliscan: cuestod (nom.sg.)
- → Marsian: qestur (nom.pl.)
- → Oscan: kvaísstur (nom.sg.), kvaízstur, κϝαιστορ (kwaistor)
- → Umbrian: kvestur (nom.sg.), ⇒ kvestretie
References
edit- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “quaerō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503
Further reading
edit- “quaestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quaestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quaestor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- quaestor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- quaestor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “quaestor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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