Explore Quaestor through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like official or functionary. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Quaestor meaning
- An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
- 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.
- In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
Synonyms of Quaestor
Using Quaestor
- The main meaning on this page is: An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs. | 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. | In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
- Useful related words include: official, functionary.
- In the example corpus, quaestor often appears in combinations such as: as quaestor, quaestor in, of quaestor.
Context around Quaestor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quaestor
- In this selection, "quaestor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, office, main, becoming, sacri, main and tribonian stand out and add context to how "quaestor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a former quaestor could be and an ex quaestor was expelled. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quaestor" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quaestor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Quaestor main The first official post was that of quaestor. (10 words)
Early in his reign, Justinian appointed the quaestor Tribonian to oversee this task. (13 words)
He was a quaestor in 58, but he was never seen in politics after that. (15 words)
Suetonius relates how Julius Caesar, when visiting Gades as a quaestor (junior senator) saw a statue of Alexander the Great there and was saddened to think that he himself, though the same age, had still achieved nothing memorable. (38 words)
HA Marcus 5.3; Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 49. At some time in 138, Hadrian requested in the senate that Marcus be exempt from the law barring him from becoming quaestor before his twenty-fourth birthday. (35 words)
From the list of jurors he struck an equestrian who had divorced his wife and taken her back, while an ex-quaestor was expelled from the Senate for acting and dancing. (31 words)
Example sentences (17)
Late Antiquity seeAlso Constantine the Great created the office quaestor sacri palatii main (quaestor of the sacred place) which functioned as the Roman Empire's senior legal official.
Quaestor main The first official post was that of quaestor.
Academia In Bulgaria, a quaestor is someone overseeing an examination procedure, typically in a university setting (similar to invigilator (UK and the Commonwealth), or proctor (US)).
At the end of 169 Severus was of the required age to become a quaestor and journeyed back to Rome.
Cicero served as quaestor in western Sicily in 75 BC and demonstrated honesty and integrity in his dealings with the inhabitants.
Early in his reign, Justinian appointed the quaestor Tribonian to oversee this task.
From the list of jurors he struck an equestrian who had divorced his wife and taken her back, while an ex-quaestor was expelled from the Senate for acting and dancing.
HA Marcus 5.3; Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 49. At some time in 138, Hadrian requested in the senate that Marcus be exempt from the law barring him from becoming quaestor before his twenty-fourth birthday.
He was a quaestor in 58, but he was never seen in politics after that.
In some organizations, a quaestor is the officer that oversees its finances, similar to a treasurer in other organizations.
It was not a compulsory part of the cursus, and hence a former quaestor could be elected to the praetorship without having held the position of aedile.
Lucius started his political career as a quaestor in 153, two years before the legal age of 25 (Marcus held the office at 17).
Of the rest of the passengers Scipio made booty, but told the quaestor that he offered him his life.
Once elected as quaestor, a Roman man earned the right to sit in the Senate and began progressing through the cursus honorum main.
Police In Italy a quaestor (Italian: questore) heads the police of his province ( Polizia di Stato ), and his office is called questura.
Praetor main After holding either the office of quaestor or aedile, a man of 39 years could run for praetor.
Suetonius relates how Julius Caesar, when visiting Gades as a quaestor (junior senator) saw a statue of Alexander the Great there and was saddened to think that he himself, though the same age, had still achieved nothing memorable.
Common combinations with quaestor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as quaestor 4×
- quaestor in 3×
- of quaestor 2×
- quaestor is 2×
- the quaestor 2×