edile
edile is the alternative spelling of aedile.
Meaning of aedile
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 edile
| plural | ediles |
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Questions about edile
- What is edile the alternative spelling of?
- Edile is the alternative spelling of aedile.
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