protostasia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōtostăsĭa, ae, f., = πρωτοστασία,

the office of chief collector of taxes in the municipia, the chief collectorship , Cod. Th. 11, 23, 2; Cod. Just. 8, 10, 41.