quaestus

Latin

Etymology

Action noun from quaerō. Compare with quaesītus.

Noun

quaestus m (genitive quaestūs); fourth declension

  1. gain, acquisition, profit, advantage

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quaestus quaestūs
Genitive quaestūs quaestuum
Dative quaestuī quaestibus
Accusative quaestum quaestūs
Ablative quaestū quaestibus
Vocative quaestus quaestūs

Descendants

References
  • quaestus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quaestus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quaestus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • quaestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make money: quaestum facere (Fam. 15. 14)
    • to make a profit out of something: quaestui aliquid habere (Off. 2. 3. 13)
    • to enrich oneself at the expense of the state: rem publicam quaestui habere
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