aedile
/ˈiːdaɪl/
aedile noun: an elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.
Noun
aedile (plural aediles)
- An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.
- Some of these encroachments may have received permission from the town council or the local aediles. A handful of painted notices found on the outside of the Amphitheatre suggest that it was the aediles who authorised the street vendors plying their trade underneath the monument’s arches, and...2010, Mary Beard, chapter 2, in Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Forms of aedile
| plural | aediles |
|---|---|
| alternative form | edile |
| alternative form (archaic) | ædile |
Origin of aedile
From Latin aedīlis (“commissioner or magistrate”), from aedēs + -īlis.
Words formed from aedile
Questions about aedile
- What does aedile mean?
- Aedile means an elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.
- What part of speech is aedile?
- Aedile is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aedile?
- Aedile is pronounced /ˈiːdaɪl/.
- What is the plural of aedile?
- The plural of aedile is aediles.
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