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Noun [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-quaestor.ogg Forms: quaestoren [plural], quaestors [plural], quaestores [plural], quaestortje [diminutive, neuter], quaestrix [feminine]
Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-:en|quaestortje|f=quaestrix|pl2=-s|pl3=-:es}} quaestor m (plural quaestoren or quaestors or quaestores, diminutive quaestortje n, feminine quaestrix)
  1. treasurer Tags: masculine Synonyms (treasurer): penningmeester, schatbewaarder, thesaurier
    Sense id: en-quaestor-nl-noun-4ohfGohe Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkwiːstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkwistɚ/ [General-American] Forms: quaestors [plural]
Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|questor}} Middle English questor, {{der|en|la|quaestor}} Latin quaestor, {{m|la|quaerō}} quaerō Head templates: {{en-noun}} quaestor (plural quaestors)
  1. (historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs. Tags: historical Translations (Ancient Roman official): κοιαίστωρ (koiaístōr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), квестор (kvestor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), qüestor [masculine] (Catalan), 𐌂𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌃 (cuestod) (Faliscan), kvestori (Finnish), questeur [masculine] (French), cuestor [masculine] (Galician), Quästor [masculine] (German), quaestor (Hungarian), questoro (Ido), questore [masculine] (Italian), quaestor [masculine] (Latin), kwestor [masculine] (Polish), chestor [masculine] (Romanian), кве́стор (kvéstor) [masculine] (Russian), kvestor [masculine] (Slovak), kvestor [common-gender] (Swedish), quaestor (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-quaestor-en-noun-deC7Vjow Disambiguation of 'Ancient Roman official': 81 15 5
  2. (historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-quaestor-en-noun-xNQt6XcS
  3. (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-quaestor-en-noun-YRYi7Vtq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 10 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quæstor, questor

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈkʷae̯s.tor/ [Classical], [ˈkʷäe̯s̠t̪ɔr] [Classical], /ˈkwes.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkwɛst̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: For Proto-Italic *kʷaistōr, as quaerō + -tor. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kʷaistōr}} Proto-Italic *kʷaistōr, {{af|la|quaerō|-tor}} quaerō + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|quaestor<3>}} quaestor m (genitive quaestōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|quaestor<3>}} Forms: quaestōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], quaestor [nominative, singular], quaestōrēs [nominative, plural], quaestōris [genitive, singular], quaestōrum [genitive, plural], quaestōrī [dative, singular], quaestōribus [dative, plural], quaestōrem [accusative, singular], quaestōrēs [accusative, plural], quaestōre [ablative, singular], quaestōribus [ablative, plural], quaestor [singular, vocative], quaestōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. quaestor Wikipedia link: la:quaestor Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (topical): Male people, Public administration Synonyms: quaistor Derived forms: quaestūra

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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʷäe̯s̠t̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwes.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwɛst̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quaestor"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quaestoren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestortje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestrix",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-:en",
        "3": "quaestortje",
        "f": "quaestrix",
        "pl2": "-s",
        "pl3": "-:es"
      },
      "expansion": "quaestor m (plural quaestoren or quaestors or quaestores, diminutive quaestortje n, feminine quaestrix)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch masculine nouns",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -es",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
        "Dutch terms with audio links"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "treasurer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "treasurer",
          "treasurer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "Nl-quaestor.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/Nl-quaestor.ogg/Nl-quaestor.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Nl-quaestor.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "treasurer",
      "word": "penningmeester"
    },
    {
      "sense": "treasurer",
      "word": "schatbewaarder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "treasurer",
      "word": "thesaurier"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quaestor"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/iːstə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/iːstə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "questor"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quaestor"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quaerō"
      },
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    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
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        {
          "ref": "1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 85, footnote 2",
          "text": "Decoratus was quæstor in A.D. 508."
        }
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        "An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs."
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        "(historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
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        "The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman Empire",
          "Roman Empire"
        ],
        [
          "Byzantium",
          "Byzantium"
        ],
        [
          "legislator",
          "legislator"
        ],
        [
          "judicial",
          "judicial"
        ],
        [
          "honorary",
          "honorary"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences."
      ],
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        [
          "Middle Ages",
          "Middle Ages"
        ],
        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ],
        [
          "indulgence",
          "indulgence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwiːstə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwistɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːstə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "quæstor"
    },
    {
      "word": "questor"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kvestor",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "квестор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qüestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "xfa",
      "lang": "Faliscan",
      "roman": "cuestod",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "word": "𐌂𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌃"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "word": "kvestori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "questeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quästor"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "koiaístōr",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κοιαίστωρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "word": "quaestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "word": "questoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "questore"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quaestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kvéstor",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кве́стор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Ancient Roman official",
      "word": "quaestor"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "quaestor"
  ],
  "word": "quaestor"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "quaestūra"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "κυαισίτωρ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Byzantine Greek: κυαισίτωρ (kuaisítōr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Byzantine Greek: κυαισίτωρ (kuaisítōr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xfa",
            "2": "cuestod",
            "bor": "1",
            "pos": "nom.sg.",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Faliscan: cuestod (nom.sg.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Faliscan: cuestod (nom.sg.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ims",
            "2": "qestur",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "pos": "nom.pl."
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marsian: qestur (nom.pl.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marsian: qestur (nom.pl.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osc",
            "2": "kvaísstur",
            "3": "kvaízstur",
            "4": "κϝαιστορ",
            "bor": "1",
            "pos": "nom.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "→ Oscan: kvaísstur (nom.sg.), kvaízstur, κϝαιστορ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Oscan: kvaísstur (nom.sg.), kvaízstur, κϝαιστορ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xum",
            "2": "kvestur",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "pos": "nom.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "→ Umbrian: kvestur (nom.sg.)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xum",
            "2": "kvestretie",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ kvestretie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Umbrian: kvestur (nom.sg.), ⇒ kvestretie"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kʷaistōr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kʷaistōr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quaerō",
        "3": "-tor"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "For Proto-Italic *kʷaistōr, as quaerō + -tor.",
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    {
      "form": "quaestōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quaestōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "quaestor<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "quaestor m (genitive quaestōris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "quaestor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "la:Male people",
        "la:Public administration"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6",
          "text": "Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quaestor"
      ],
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        [
          "quaestor",
          "#English"
        ]
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "la:quaestor"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʷae̯s.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʷäe̯s̠t̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwes.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwɛst̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "quaistor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quaestor"
}

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