quaestūra, ae, f. [quaestor],
I the office of quaestor , the quaestorship (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 quaestor’s chest : translator quaesturae, an embezzler of the public chest , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152.