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quaestōrĭus , a, um, adj. id.,
I.of or belonging to a quæstor, quæstorian (quite class.): “officium quaestorium,” the duty of a quæstor, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: scelus, perpetrated in the quæstorship or by a quæstor, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 4: “aetas,” the age requisite for the quæstorship, Quint. 12, 6, 1; cf.: “adulescentes jam aetate quaestorios,” Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18: “scribae,” of the quæstor, Suet. Dom. 10: scriptum quaestorium comparavit, acted as secretary to a quæstor, id. Vit. Hor.: munera, i. e. gladiatorial combats, which the quæstors 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 quæstor's tent, Liv. 34, 47: “forum,” id. 41, 2: agri, taken from the enemy and sold by the quæstor, 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 quæstor, an ex-quæstor, 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 quæstor's tent in the camp, Liv. 10, 32, 8.—
2. (Sc. aedificium.) The residence of the quæstor in a province: “Thessalonicam me in quaestoriumque perduxit,” Cic. Planc. 41, 99.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.17.6
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 6.1
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