LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

quaestūra

quaestūra f (genitive quaestūrae)
Classical[kʷae̯sˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[kʷesˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. quaestorship (office of a quaestor)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequaestūraquaestūrae
genitivequaestūraequaestūrārum
dativequaestūraequaestūrīs
accusativequaestūramquaestūrās
ablativequaestūrāquaestūrīs
vocativequaestūraquaestūrae

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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin quaestūra From quaestor + -tūra.

Descendants
  • Frenchquesture
  • Italianquestura
  • Spanishcuestura
  • Neapolitanquisturafrom Italian questura
  • Neapolitanchesturafrom Italian questura
  • Polishkwestura

Quick answers

What does quaestūra mean in Latin?
quaestūra, a noun, means “quaestorship (office of a quaestor)”.
What is the genitive of quaestūra?
The genitive singular is quaestūrae. quaestūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce quaestūra?
In classical Latin, [kʷae̯sˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷesˈtuː.ra].