单词 | proquaestor |
释义 | proquaestorn. Roman History. A person appointed to act in place of or on behalf of a quaestor, usually serving under a proconsul in the administration of a province. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > quaestor > proquaestor proquaestor1692 1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. 130 For Creation of lesser Magistrates, whether Provincial, as Proconsuls, Proprætors, and Proquæstors. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pro-Quæstor, a Deputy or Vice-Treasurer. 1727 N. Lardner Wks. (1838) I. 88 Lucius Antonius son of Mark, proquæstor and proprætor, to the magistrates, senate, and people of Sardis, greeting. 1832 W. Gell Pompeiana II. xiii. 21 Of sufficient importance to have had a proquæstor. 1908 Polit. Sci. Q. 23 511 The magistrates of 49 b. c., who notwithstanding their want of a curiate law continued into the following year as proconsuls, propraetors and proquaestors. 1993 J. F. Gardner Being Rom. Citizen iii. 57 Cicero is talking about Verres' earlier art-collecting activities while legate and proquaestor in Cilicia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692 |
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