quaestor
See also: quæstor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
quaestor (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 edit
Ancient Roman official
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Quaestor sacri palatii
Medieval officer who announced indulgences
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Noun edit
quaestor m (plural quaestoren or quaestors or quaestores, diminutive quaestortje n, feminine quaestrix)
Synonyms edit
- (treasurer): penningmeester, schatbewaarder, thesaurier
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
For Proto-Italic *kʷaistōr, as quaerō + -tor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷae̯s.tor/, [ˈkʷäe̯s̠t̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwes.tor/, [ˈkwɛst̪or]
Noun edit
quaestor 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 edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | quaestor | quaestōrēs |
Genitive | quaestōris | quaestōrum |
Dative | quaestōrī | quaestōribus |
Accusative | quaestōrem | quaestōrēs |
Ablative | quaestōre | quaestōribus |
Vocative | quaestor | quaestōrēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Byzantine Greek: κυαισίτωρ (kuaisítōr)
- →? Faliscan: cuestod (nom.sg.)
- → Marsian: qestur (nom.pl.)
- → Oscan: kvaísstur (nom.sg.), kvaízstur, κϝαιστορ
- → 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