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ædile, n. and a. Rom. Antiq.|ˈiːdaɪl|
[ad. L. ædīl-is, prop. adj. ‘having to do with buildings,’ f. ædēs, ædis, a building, a house. (Used at first in the full L. form.)]
A. n. A magistrate in Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, shows, police, and other municipal functions; hence, by extension, a municipal officer.
1580North Plutarch (1676) 822 How cometh it to pass thou art thus rich, that thou doest sue to be ædilis? 1607Shakes. Cor. iii. i. 214 ædiles seize him. 1741Middleton Cicero I. vi. 433 The election of ædiles..could not easily be kept off any longer. 1879Froude Cæsar xi. 123 The ædiles had charge of the public buildings and the games and exhibitions in the capital.
B. adj. [Cf. ædīles ludi in Plautus.]
1880Burton Q. Anne III. xviii. 194 An aedile police prohibited the erection of houses. |