Definition of questus
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Orthography ID = 2049780
1.
LNS
questus, questūs
queror
noun (m., 4th declension)
  1. a complaining, complaint, plaint
  2. a complaint, accusation
  3. the soft, plaintive note
Abbreviations
questus, ūs, m. queror, a complaining, complaint, plaint (class.). Lit. In gen., Cic. Quint. 30, 94: caelum questibus implet, Verg. A. 9, 480: tantos illa suo rumpebat pectore questus, id. ib. 4, 553: tales effundit in aera questus, Ov. M. 9, 370: edere questus, id. ib. 4, 587: in questus effundi, Tac. A. 1, 11: creber, id. ib. 3, 7: quaestu vano clamitare, Phaedr. 1, 9, 7.

— In partic., a complaint, accusation (poet.): questuque Jovem testatur acerbo, Val. Fl. 5, 624; 1, 113; Luc. 1, 247; 9, 880.

— Transf., of the soft, plaintive note of the nightingale: maestis late loca questibus implet, Verg. G. 4, 515.
 
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