quaestura
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
Latin > English
quaestura quaesturae N F :: quaestorship; public money
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quæstūra,¹⁰ æ, f. (quæstor),
1 questure (charge, fonction de questeur) : Cic. Verr. 2, pr. 11 ; Mur. 18
2 c. quæstus CIL 3, 797 ; 798 ; 1379.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) quaestūra1, ae, f. (quaero) = quaestus, der Verdienst, ex quaestura sua, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 797. 798. 1379.
(2) quaestūra2, ae, f. (quaestor), das Amt-, die Würde des Quästors, die Quästur, Cic. u.a.: quaesturam gerere, Suet.
Latin > Chinese
quaestura, ae. f. :: 按察使之職分
