Aedile Definition

ēdīl
noun
An elected official of ancient Rome who was responsible for public works and games and who supervised markets, the grain supply, and the water supply.
American Heritage
In ancient Rome, an official in charge of buildings, roads, sanitation, public games, etc.
Webster's New World

(historical, Ancient Rome) An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings and the regulation of festivals; also supervised markets and the supply of grain and water.

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Other Word Forms of Aedile

Noun

Singular:
aedile
Plural:
aediles

Origin of Aedile

  • From Latin aedilis (“commissioner or magistrate”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin aedīlis from aedēs house

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Aedile Sentence Examples

  • Having served in the army in Spain and Sardinia, he became curule aedile, praetor and (after an unsuccessful attempt in 117) consul in 115.

  • As curule aedile in 58, Scaurus celebrated the public games on a scale of magnificence never seen before.

  • Fourteen years later, when curule aedile, he distributed large quantities of grain among the citizens at a very low price.

  • This Bestia is probably not the Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, aedile, and a candidate for the praetorship in 57.

  • In 33 he was chosen aedile and signalized his tenure of office by effecting great improvements in the city of Rome, restoring and building aqueducts, enlarging and cleansing the sewers, and constructing baths and porticos, and laying out gardens.

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