quaestūra, ae, f. quaestor, 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.
— Transf., the quaestor's chest: translator quaesturae, an embezzler of the public chest, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, ยง 152.