quaestura

Latin

Etymology

From quaestor +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷae̯sˈtuː.ra/, [kʷäe̯s̠ˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwesˈtu.ra/, [kwesˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

quaestūra f (genitive quaestūrae); first declension

1. quaestorship (office of a quaestor)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quaestūra	quaestūrae
Genitive	quaestūrae	quaestūrārum
Dative	quaestūrae	quaestūrīs
Accusative	quaestūram	quaestūrās
Ablative	quaestūrā	quaestūrīs
Vocative	quaestūra	quaestūrae

Related terms

• quaestor

Descendants

• → French: questure
• → Italian: questura
  • → Neapolitan: quistura, chestura
• → Spanish: cuestura
• → Polish: kwestura

References

• “quaestura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quaestura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quaestura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• quaestura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• quaestura in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016