quaestor

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When he returned from his first political posting, as quaestor in Sicily, for instance, he imagined his fame would have spread far and wide.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Finita equestri militia designatus quaestor necdum senator aequatus senatoribus, etiam designatis tribunis plebei, partem exercitus ab urbe traditi ab Augusto perduxi ad filium eius.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

The principal verb is indagavi, with subject ego quaestor, and object sepulcrum.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

He was quaestor in 75, and was sent to Lilybaeum to supervise the corn supply.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

Compared with such spectacles, with such subjects of triumph as these, what can praetor or consul, quaestor or pontiff, afford?

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert