I.the office of quæstor, the quæstorship (class.): “quaestura primus gradus honoris,” Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11: “quaesturam petere,” id. Mur. 8, 18; Tac. A. 3, 29: “ex quaesturā consulatum petere,” Liv. 32, 7: “gerere,” Suet. Calig. 1. —
II. Transf., the quæstor's chest: “translator quaesturae,” an embezzler of the public chest, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152.