aedile
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aedile
- /ˈiːdaɪl/
Where it comes from
From Latin aedīlis (“commissioner or magistrate”), from aedēs + -īlis.
noun aediles · ædile · edile
- 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 assign
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Talk about this word "aedile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aedile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. aedile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aedile "aedile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aedile.Cite this
@misc{aedile_2026,
title = {aedile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aedile},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
