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单词 aedilician
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aediliciann.adj.

Brit. /ˌiːdᵻˈlɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌidəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1600s– aedilitian, 1700s– aedilician, 1700s– edilitian, 1800s– edilician.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin aedīlicius , -an suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin aedīlicius (adjective) of or connected with an aedile, (of a person) who has been an aedile (also as noun) ( < aedīlis aedile n. + -icius : see -itious suffix1) + -an suffix. Compare French édilicien, adjective (1621 as †édilitien).
Roman History.
A. n.
A person who has been an aedile, and so has the right to be elected to other offices. Cf. aedile n.
ΚΠ
1601 W. Fulbecke Hist. Coll. Continuall Factions i. 92 All of them seuerally marshalled according to the worthinesse of their calling, the Consulians, the Prætorians, the Ædilitians.
1744 J. Tunstall Observ. Epist. between Cicero & Brutus 219 Servilius might move still to have Octavius considered as an Ædilitian.
1871 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Hist. Rome (new ed.) III. iv. x. 424 Orosius..specifies as swept away..in the Social and Civil wars, 24 consulars, 7 praetorians, 60 aedilicians [Ger. Aedilicier], 200 senators.
1952 Classical Weekly 24 Mar. 236/1 For the total senate are given forty-three praetorians, of whom only eighteen are definitely known to have been alive, and thirteen aedilicians.
1980 Gnomon 52 585/2 Pompey has a slightly larger number of senators in general; Caesar has the advantage in aedilicians and tribunicians.
2000 C. Brennan Praetorship in Rom. Republic I. vii. 168 With or without competition from aedilicians, multiple defeats in the consular elections would become a fact of political life.
B. adj.
Of or relating to an aedile or an aedlician. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [adjective] > aedile
aedile1556
aedilician1722
1722 J. Clarke tr. Eutropius Compend. Hist. Rome v. 74/2 24 Consular Gentlemen, 7 Prætorian, 60 Ædilitian [L. aedilicios], and almost 300 Senators.
1743 Diss. Constit. Rom. Senat in tr. Fragm. Sixth Bk. Polybius 118 According to which also, the Consular, the Prætorian, the Censorian, the Ædilician, the Tribunician, and the Quæstorian Senators were placed.
1781 T. Bever Hist. Legal Polity Rom. State iii. v. 313 He introduced many of his friends into the senate, distinguishing them with ædilitian and prætorian dignities.
1849 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. III. 935/1 They had been looking forward to a splendid exhibition of African wild beasts in the aedilician games of the friend of Bocchus.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes i. 4 There are no quaestors sent to the imperial provinces, where, consequently, the aedilitian edict is not propounded.
1914 G. Ferrero Anc. Rome & Mod. Amer. iii. i. 127 This ædilitian transformation of Rio de Janeiro filled with pride all Brazilians.
1968 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 72 32/1 Special aedilician issues [of coins] which featured gods appropriate to the magistracy.
2000 T. C. Brennan Praetorship in Rom. Republic II. Notes 789 Aedilician prosecution for capital offences was obviously conceivable in 70.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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