The corpus record — Latin

quaesitor

quaesitor · m

a seeker

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Where it lives

In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 2 · 4.45/10k
Pro Fonteio 1 · 2.2/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 2 · 1.72/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Pro P. Sulla 1 · 1.07/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

quaesītor — Lewis & Short

quaesītor, ōris, m.id.,

I a seeker, searcher (post-class.).

I In gen., as for gold, connected with scrutator, Pacat. Pan. Th. 28.—

II In partic., an investigator.

A In judicial (esp. in criminal) matters, an examiner, inquisitor: quid mihi opus est sapiente judice? quid aequo quaesitore? Cic. Font. 6, 11; id. Sull. 28, 78; Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 29: quaesitorem edere, id. Planc. 17, 43: quaesitor Minos, Verg. A. 6, 432: tres, Sall. J. 40, 4.— Of Cicero, as the investigator of the Catilinarian conspiracy, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10: judex desiit esse, quaesitor est, Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 3.— Esp. of the prætor who presided in criminal trials, Cic. Verr. 1, 10. —

B In a scientific point of view, an inquirer, examiner, considerer, as a transl. of the Gr. skeptiko/s, a sceptic (post-class.), Gell. 11, 5, 2: quaesitor ille solus animaeque corporisque, Prud. Hymn. ante Somn. 89.

In the wild

6 of 36 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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