aedilen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈiːdʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈiˌdaɪl/

Forms:

α. late Middle English–1500s edyle, 1500s–1600s edil, 1500s– aedil, 1500s– edile, 1600s aedyle, 1600s– aedile.

β. 1500s– aedilis.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aedīlis.

Etymology: < classical Latin aedīlis Roman magistrate charged with the supervision of public buildings, games, markets, and other municipal matters < aedēs , aedis building, house (see edifice n.) + -īlis -il suffix. In extended sense ‘municipal officer’ after French édile (1754 in this sense; 1213 in Old French denoting a magistrate in ancient Rome). Compare Spanish edil (1385), Italian edile (a1292).

A. n.

Roman History. Any of several magistrates who superintended public buildings, policing, and other municipal matters. Hence in extended use: a person in charge of urban housing and building; a municipal officer.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > aedile

aedile1481

1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. B5^v I was made edyle of Rome.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxii. f. 41 Yf they dyd cutte or rent any out of the volume, they shulde be apprehended, and by the offycers called Ediles, commytted vnto pryson.

1583 J. Stockwood tr. J. von Ewich Duetie Magistrate in Time of Plague i. iii. f. 13 There are certaine with wisdome made rulers, which take charge of same as y^e Ediles for buildings, y^e Tribunes for warre, the Maisters of schooles for places of learning, the viewers of Drugges for medicines.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 213 Ædiles seize him.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 147 The Edicts of Prætors, and of the Ædiles.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 433 The election of Ædiles..could not easily be kept off any longer.

1851 N. Brit. Rev. May 251 The time may come, too, when the ædile, with powers to inspect and compel the improvement of the houses, water, and sewage..of every district, shall be as integral a member of English as he was of Roman civilisation.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 123 The ædiles had charge of the public buildings and the games and exhibitions in the capital.

1888 G. Smith Trip to Eng. 54 London has had no ædile like Hausmann.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 244/2 The plebeians accepted the offer, and accordingly two ‘curule’ aediles were appointed.

1953 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 27 June 23/3 Their contribution was so much of a piece with the authors' that if I were aedile, I would have conferred honorary Hungarian citizenship on them.

1967 R. Sutcliff Outcast viii. 98 Publius Piso gave a dinner-party to celebrate his election as one of the city's four Ædiles for the coming year.

2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones ii. 28 The aedile of the commons was charged with punishing gamblers.

B. adj.

Of or relating to an aedile; municipal.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [adjective] > aedile

aedile1556

aedilician1722

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 86 Publius Crassus..kept his Edile office [L. aedilicio] maruelous sumptuously.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus ii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 108 As they lay in crossed beds, so they sat upon seeming crosselegg'd seats: in which form the noblest thereof were framed: Observable in the triumphall seats, the sella curulis, or Ædyle Chayres, in the coyns of Cestuis, Sylla, and Julius.

1772 R. Warner tr. Plautus Carthaginian v. ii, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies IV. 365 Why, hear you not he talks of mice from Africa , To be presented at the Ædile games [L. ludis aedilibus], To publick view?

1845 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 462/1 The dean of guild was invested with extensive judicial powers in commercial questions, but this jurisdiction has long been in desuetude. His principal powers are now of an aedile character.

1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne III. xviii. 194 An aedile police prohibited the erection of houses liable to be overcrowded.

1921 Edinb. Rev. July 103 Marcus Caelius, when preparing his Aedile games, was continually pestering Cicero, proconsul in Cilicia.., for panthers.

1993 Classical Jrnl. 88 182 Aulus runs the risk of extravagance in the production of aedile games.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	aedile
释义	aedilen.adj. Brit. /ˈiːdʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈiˌdaɪl/ Forms: α. late Middle English–1500s edyle, 1500s–1600s edil, 1500s– aedil, 1500s– edile, 1600s aedyle, 1600s– aedile. β. 1500s– aedilis. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aedīlis. Etymology: < classical Latin aedīlis Roman magistrate charged with the supervision of public buildings, games, markets, and other municipal matters < aedēs , aedis building, house (see edifice n.) + -īlis -il suffix. In extended sense ‘municipal officer’ after French édile (1754 in this sense; 1213 in Old French denoting a magistrate in ancient Rome). Compare Spanish edil (1385), Italian edile (a1292). A. n. Roman History. Any of several magistrates who superintended public buildings, policing, and other municipal matters. Hence in extended use: a person in charge of urban housing and building; a municipal officer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > aedile aedile1481 1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. B5^v I was made edyle of Rome. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxii. f. 41 Yf they dyd cutte or rent any out of the volume, they shulde be apprehended, and by the offycers called Ediles, commytted vnto pryson. 1583 J. Stockwood tr. J. von Ewich Duetie Magistrate in Time of Plague i. iii. f. 13 There are certaine with wisdome made rulers, which take charge of same as y^e Ediles for buildings, y^e Tribunes for warre, the Maisters of schooles for places of learning, the viewers of Drugges for medicines. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 213 Ædiles seize him. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 147 The Edicts of Prætors, and of the Ædiles. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 433 The election of Ædiles..could not easily be kept off any longer. 1851 N. Brit. Rev. May 251 The time may come, too, when the ædile, with powers to inspect and compel the improvement of the houses, water, and sewage..of every district, shall be as integral a member of English as he was of Roman civilisation. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 123 The ædiles had charge of the public buildings and the games and exhibitions in the capital. 1888 G. Smith Trip to Eng. 54 London has had no ædile like Hausmann. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 244/2 The plebeians accepted the offer, and accordingly two ‘curule’ aediles were appointed. 1953 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 27 June 23/3 Their contribution was so much of a piece with the authors' that if I were aedile, I would have conferred honorary Hungarian citizenship on them. 1967 R. Sutcliff Outcast viii. 98 Publius Piso gave a dinner-party to celebrate his election as one of the city's four Ædiles for the coming year. 2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones ii. 28 The aedile of the commons was charged with punishing gamblers. B. adj. Of or relating to an aedile; municipal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [adjective] > aedile aedile1556 aedilician1722 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 86 Publius Crassus..kept his Edile office [L. aedilicio] maruelous sumptuously. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus ii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 108 As they lay in crossed beds, so they sat upon seeming crosselegg'd seats: in which form the noblest thereof were framed: Observable in the triumphall seats, the sella curulis, or Ædyle Chayres, in the coyns of Cestuis, Sylla, and Julius. 1772 R. Warner tr. Plautus Carthaginian v. ii, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies IV. 365 Why, hear you not he talks of mice from Africa , To be presented at the Ædile games [L. ludis aedilibus], To publick view? 1845 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 462/1 The dean of guild was invested with extensive judicial powers in commercial questions, but this jurisdiction has long been in desuetude. His principal powers are now of an aedile character. 1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne III. xviii. 194 An aedile police prohibited the erection of houses liable to be overcrowded. 1921 Edinb. Rev. July 103 Marcus Caelius, when preparing his Aedile games, was continually pestering Cicero, proconsul in Cilicia.., for panthers. 1993 Classical Jrnl. 88 182 Aulus runs the risk of extravagance in the production of aedile games. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1481
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