quaestus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Action noun from quaerō. Compare with quaesītus.
Noun edit
quaestus m (genitive quaestūs); fourth declension
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quaestus | quaestūs |
| Genitive | quaestūs | quaestuum |
| Dative | quaestuī | quaestibus |
| Accusative | quaestum | quaestūs |
| Ablative | quaestū | quaestibus |
| Vocative | quaestus | quaestūs |
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: questa
- Spanish: cuesta, cuestación
References edit
- “quaestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quaestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quaestus 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)
- quaestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make money: quaestum facere (Fam. 15. 14)
- to make a profit out of something: quaestui aliquid habere (Off. 2. 3. 13)
- to enrich oneself at the expense of the state: rem publicam quaestui habere
- to make money: quaestum facere (Fam. 15. 14)