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quadriga - (Latin) a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses; for an example, see Dewing 2780 (image).

quaestor - (Latin) the lowest level Roman magistrate, responsible for the treasury and public prosecution of criminal offenses; in 509 BCE, with a minimum age of 28, two quaestors were appointed by the Roman consuls, but in 448 BCE the two quaestors were elected by the tribal assembly; late in the second century BCE, four quaestors were elected, two in Rome overseeing the treasury and two in the field with the consuls as quartermasters; added to their fiduciary responsibilities were tax collecting and recruiting in the Roman provinces; in 82 BCE, following the dictatorship of Sulla, the minimum age was raised to 30, a quaestor automatically became a member of the senate, and the number of quaestors was increased to 20; the number of quaestors would top out at 40 under Julius Caesar in 45 BCE, with the emperor Augustus returning the number to 20; under the Roman empire, the quaestor's financial duties were assumed by imperial magistrates; the quaestorship would eventually become an honorary position.

quercus - (Latin) oak tree.

quero - (Latin) to seek to know, to search for, to want.

quies - (Latin) quiet, peace, rest.

quinquiplico - (Latin) to multiply by five.

quis - (Latin) who (interrogative pronoun).

quomodo - (Latin) in what manner?; How?

quoniam - (Latin) since, because.