Aedile

Word AEDILE
Character 6
Hyphenation æ dile
Pronunciations /ˈiːdaɪl/

Definitions and meanings of "Aedile"

What do we mean by aedile?

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. noun

Etc. See edile, etc. noun

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer. noun

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. 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.

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The word "aedile" in example sentences

Although he is remembered today only as the father of Augustus, he was at this time aedile of the plebs and very much the coming man. ❋ ROBERT HARRIS (2010)

Glossary aedile an elected official, of whom four were chosen annually to serve a one-year term, responsible for the running of the city of Rome: law and order, public buildings, business regulations, etc. ❋ ROBERT HARRIS (2010)

Procuration also, had to be notified before the aedile, whose special business it was to see that no Roman matron became a prostitute. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When an applicant registered with the aedile, she gave her correct name, her age, place of birth, and the pseudonym under which she intended practicing her calling. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The result of the trial is as follows: "the tribunes gave as their decision that the aedile had been lawfully driven from that place, as being one that he ought not to have visited with his officer." ❋ Unknown (2007)

That they had long been under police regulation, and compelled to register with the aedile, is evident from a passage in Tacitus: ❋ Unknown (2007)

Attic. iv, 14, where an action at law is cited, in which the aedile Hostilius had attempted to force his way into the apartments of Mamilia, a courtesan, who thereupon, had driven him away with stones. ❋ Unknown (2007)

“I shall,” said Cicero quickly, “for I hope next year to be aedile.” ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

He kept his head down in the latter, anxious in particular to avoid falling into conversation with Pompey the Great, fearful that Pompey might ask him to drop his prosecution of Verres and give up his candidacy for aedile or—worse—offer to help, which would leave Cicero beholden to the mightiest man in Rome, an obligation he was determined to avoid. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

It was a bitter moment for Cicero, and when at last we reached his house and he was able to close the door on the crowd of his supporters in the street, I thought he might collapse, as he had on the eve of the elections for aedile. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

When he stood for aedile, the number of registered electors was some four hundred thousand; but now those rolls had been revised by the censors, and with the extension of the franchise as far north as the River Po, the electorate had increased to almost one million. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

I wish to announce my intention to seek the office of aedile of Rome. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

This was the same building in which I had discovered the meager official records of Gaius Verres, and I had been back on many errands since, especially when Cicero was aedile, so my face was familiar to the clerks. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

Then you yourself have to face the elections for aedile at the beginning of August. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

“I must pull out of the election for aedile,” he muttered. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

It was a night very like the one on the eve of the elections for aedile when he had gone to see Pompey. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

On top of this, Cicero was having to fund his election campaign for aedile. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

And I place myself so firmly before the gaze of the Roman people that my election as aedile is assured. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

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