† quaesturen.

Forms: 1600s quaesture, 1600s questure.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quaestūra.

Etymology: < classical Latin quaestūra rank and office of a quaestor, quaestorship < quaest- (in quaestor quaestor n.) + -ūra -ure suffix¹, by analogy with e.g. cēnsūra censure n. beside cēnsor censor n. Compare (both < classical Latin) French questure (1574 in Middle French in this sense), Italian questura (17th cent. in this sense, 1871 in sense ‘police station or headquarters’; > Questura n.). Compare earlier quaestorship n.

Obsolete. rare.

= quaestorship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > quaestor > position of

quaestory1533

quaestorship1570

quaesture1606

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars v. 169 He suffred willingly to be not onely rewarded with rich Fees, but also to be adorned with the Honours of Questure and Pretureship [L. quaestoriis praetoriisque ornamentis honorari].

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 96 A great many Noble persons who stood in competition for the Questure.

1683 tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. 220 He was preferred to a Quaesture by Tiberius Constantinus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	quaesture
释义	† quaesturen. Forms: 1600s quaesture, 1600s questure. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quaestūra. Etymology: < classical Latin quaestūra rank and office of a quaestor, quaestorship < quaest- (in quaestor quaestor n.) + -ūra -ure suffix¹, by analogy with e.g. cēnsūra censure n. beside cēnsor censor n. Compare (both < classical Latin) French questure (1574 in Middle French in this sense), Italian questura (17th cent. in this sense, 1871 in sense ‘police station or headquarters’; > Questura n.). Compare earlier quaestorship n. Obsolete. rare. = quaestorship n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > quaestor > position of quaestory1533 quaestorship1570 quaesture1606 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars v. 169 He suffred willingly to be not onely rewarded with rich Fees, but also to be adorned with the Honours of Questure and Pretureship [L. quaestoriis praetoriisque ornamentis honorari]. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 96 A great many Noble persons who stood in competition for the Questure. 1683 tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. 220 He was preferred to a Quaesture by Tiberius Constantinus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1606
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