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quaestorius, of a quaestor, quaestorian

quaestōrĭus, a, um, adj. [quaestor],
  • of or belonging to a quaestor, quaestorian (quite class.): officium quaestorium, the duty of a quaestor, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: scelus, perpetrated in the quaestorship or by a quaestor, id. Verr. 1, 1, 4: aetas, the age requisite for the quaestorship, Quint. 12, 6, 1; cf.: adulescentes jam aetate quaestorios, Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18: scribae, of the quaestor, Suet. Dom. 10: scriptum quaestorium comparavit, acted as secretary to a quaestor, id. Vit. Hor.: munera, i. e. gladiatorial combats, which the quaestors were obliged to furnish at their own expense, Cic. Dom. 4: comitia, id. Fam. 7, 30, 1; Liv. 4, 54 fin.: porta, a gate in the camp near the quaestor’s tent, Liv. 34, 47: forum, id. 41, 2: agri, taken from the enemy and sold by the quaestor, Auct. Rei Agr. Sicul. Fl. p. 2: dignitas, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 6, § 2: legatus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56: ornamenta, Suet. Claud. 28.—
  • II Subst.
    • A quaestōrĭus, ii, m., one who had been quaestor, an ex-quaestor, Cic. Brut. 76, 263; id. Phil. 13, 14, 30; Suet. Oth. 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 45; Inscr. Orell. 3990.—
    • B quaestō-rĭum, ii, n.
      • 1 (Sc. tentorium.) The quaestor’s tent in the camp, Liv. 10, 32, 8.—
      • 2 (Sc. aedificium.) The residence of the quaestor in a province: Thessalonicam me in quaestoriumque perduxit, Cic. Planc. 41, 99.

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