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quaestūra, ae, f. [quaestor],
- I. the office of quæstor, the quæstorship (class.): quaestura primus gradus honoris, Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11: quaesturam petere, id. Mur. 8, 18; Tac. A. 3, 29: ex quaesturā consulatum petere, Liv. 32, 7: gerere, Suet. Calig. 1.
- II. Transf., the quæstor’s chest: translator quaesturae, an embezzler of the public chest, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152.