单词 | quaestory |
释义 | † quaestoryn. Obsolete. rare. = quaestorship n.; (also) the place in which a quaestor works. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > quaestor > position of quaestory1533 quaestorship1570 quaesture1606 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. xxi. 126 The small pepill had sic victorie þat þai belevit e questorie [L. quaesturam] nocht to be þe end of þis honoure. 1633 E. Grimeston tr. Polybius Hist. vi. 298 In regard of the Market-place, the Pretorium and Questory [Gk. τὴν δ'ἀγορὰν καὶ τὸ ταμιεῖον καὶ τὸ στρατήγιον], they place them in the midst of the two Armies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1533 |
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