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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>aedīlis</b>: is, m. (abl. aedili, Tac. A. 12, 64; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 4; Dig. 18, 6, 13;<br /><b>I</b> [[but]] [[aedile]] is [[more]] [[usual]], [[Charis]]. p. 96 P.; Varr. 1, 22; Cic. Sest. 44, 95; Liv. 3, 31; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158; Inscr. Orell. 3787, 8; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 221; Koffm. s. v.) [[aedes]], an œdile, a [[magistrate]] in [[Rome]] [[who]] had the [[superintendence]] of [[public]] buildings and works, [[such]] as [[temples]], theatres, baths, aqueducts, sewers, highways, etc.; also of [[private]] buildings, of markets, provisions, taverns, of weights and measures (to see [[that]] [[they]] were [[legal]]), of the [[expense]] of funerals, and [[other]] [[similar]] functions of [[police]]. The [[class]]. passages applying here are: Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42; Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14; id. Phil. 9, 7; Liv. 10, 23; Tac. A. 2, 85; Juv. 3, 162; 10, 101; Fest. s. h. v. p. 12; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 3 and 6.—Further, the aediles, esp. the [[curule]] ædiles ([[two]] in [[number]]), were [[expected]] to [[exhibit]] [[public]] spectacles; and [[they]] [[often]] lavished the [[most]] [[exorbitant]] expenses [[upon]] [[them]], in [[order]] to [[prepare]] [[their]] [[way]] toward [[higher]] offices, Cic. Off. 2, 16; Liv. 24, 33; 27, 6. They inspected the plays [[before]] [[exhibition]] in the theatres, and rewarded or punished the actors according to [[their]] deserts, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 148; id. Cist. ep. 3; for this [[purpose]] [[they]] were required by [[oath]] to [[decide]] [[impartially]], Plaut. Am. prol. 72.—It [[was]] the [[special]] [[duty]] of the aediles plebeii (of whom also [[there]] were [[two]]) to [[preserve]] the decrees of the Senate and [[people]] in the [[temple]] of [[Ceres]], and in a [[later]] [[age]] in the [[public]] [[treasury]], Liv. 3, 55. The [[office]] of the aediles curules (so called from the [[sella]] [[curulis]], the [[seat]] on [[which]] [[they]] sat for [[judgment]] (v. [[curulis]]), [[while]] the aediles plebeii sat [[only]] on benches, subsellia) [[was]] created A.U.C. 387, for the [[purpose]] of holding [[public]] exhibitions, Liv. 6, 42, [[first]] from the patricians, [[but]] as [[early]] as the [[following]] [[year]] from the plebeians also, Liv. 7, 1.— [[Julius]] Cæsar created also the [[office]] of the [[two]] aediles Cereales, [[who]] had the [[superintendence]] of the [[public]] granaries and [[other]] provisions, Suet. Caes. 41.—The [[free]] towns also had ædiles, [[who]] were [[often]] [[their]] [[only]] magistrates, Cic. Fam. 13, 11; Juv. 3, 179; 10, 102; Pers. 1, 130; v. [[further]] in Smith's Dict. Antiq. and Niebuhr's Rom. Hist. 1, 689 and 690.!*? Plaut. uses the [[word]] [[once]] adject.: aediles ludi, œdilic sports, Poen. 5, 2, 52.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ædīlis</b>,⁹ is, m. (ædes), édile [magistrat romain] ; [au début, deux édiles plébéiens, auxquels furent adjoints (en 366) deux édiles curules ; ils ont dans leurs attributions la police municipale, l’approvisionnement de Rome, et la surveillance des marchés ([[cura]] annonæ), l’organisation de certains jeux ([[cura]] ludorum), la garde des archives plébéiennes &#124;&#124; César créa deux nouveaux édiles, ædiles cereales, chargés spécialement des approvisionnements de blé et de l’organisation des jeux de Cérès, [[Cerealia]] ].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; abl. sing. ordin. ædile : Cic. Sest. 95 ; Liv. 3, 31, 5 ; mais ædili Tac. Ann. 12, 64 ; Serv. En. 5, 4 &#124;&#124; nom. arch. aidilis CIL 1, 7 ; 1, 9 ; 1, 38 ; ædiles CIL 1, 8.||César créa deux nouveaux édiles, ædiles cereales, chargés spécialement des approvisionnements de blé et de l’organisation des jeux de Cérès, [[Cerealia]] ].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; abl. sing. ordin. ædile : Cic. Sest. 95 ; Liv. 3, 31, 5 ; mais ædili Tac. Ann. 12, 64 ; Serv. En. 5, 4||nom. arch. aidilis CIL 1, 7 ; 1, 9 ; 1, 38 ; ædiles CIL 1, 8.
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{{Georges
|georg=aedīlis, is, m. ([[aedes]]), der [[Ädil]], [[ein]] obrigkeitliches [[Amt]], zu dem [[gesetzmäßig]] das 37. [[Lebensjahr]] [[nötig]] war, I) in Rom, bestehend aus [[anfangs]] [[zwei]] [[aediles]] plebei od. [[plebis]] od. plebeii, Ädilen der [[Gemeinde]], [[nach]] dem Frieden vom [[heiligen]] [[Berge]] (494 v. Chr.) [[mit]] den Tribunen eingesetzt, zu denen im Jahre 366 v. Chr. [[noch]] [[zwei]] [[aediles]] curules, kurulische Ädilen, kamen, [[nach]] [[Livius]] [[anfangs]] [[rein]] patrizisch, [[aber]] [[schon]] im folg. Jahre [[zwischen]] Patriziern u. Plebejern wechselnd, [[von]] den [[aediles]] [[plebis]] wahrsch. [[nur]] [[darin]] [[unterschieden]], daß [[sie]] in höhern Ehren standen ([[sie]] hatten die [[sella]] [[curulis]], das [[ius]] imaginum u. die [[praetexta]], [[aber]], da [[sie]] [[nicht]] zu den höhern Magistraten gehörten, keine Liktoren) u. daß [[beide]] Teile die [[Leitung]] verschiedener Spiele hatten. Die [[aediles]] [[plebis]] besorgten [[allein]] die plebejischen Spiele, die [[aediles]] curules [[allein]] die römischen od. großen, u. erkauften [[dazu]] [[namentlich]] Theaterstücke [[von]] den Dichtern u. belohnten u. bestraften die [[Schauspieler]] [[nach]] ihren Leistungen. – Gemeinschaftlich lag allen Ädilen die ganze Sicherheits- und Wohlfahrtspolizei, [[bes]]. die [[cura]] annonae, d.i. die [[Überwachung]] [[des]] Getreidemarktes, ob (dah. Iustin. 21, 5, 7 [[aediles]] [[als]] [[Übersetzung]] [[von]] ἀγορανόμοι, Marktmeister). – Im Jahre 44 v. Chr. ernannte Cäsar [[noch]] weitere [[zwei]] Ädilen aus dem plebejischen Stande, die [[aediles]] cereales, denen [[nun]] ausschließlich die [[Aufsicht]] [[über]] den [[Getreidemarkt]] u. die [[Versorgung]] der [[Stadt]] [[mit]] Lebensmitteln anvertraut wurde, Suet. Caes. 41, 1. – II) in den Munizipalstädten u. Kolonien, wo es [[aediles]] [[duumviri]], [[triumviri]] usw. gab, die in [[einigen]] Städten die einzige [[Obrigkeit]] bildeten (s. Cic. ep. 13, 11 extr.), [[meist]] [[aber]] eine [[Art]] geringer Magistrate, denen, [[wie]] in Rom, [[meist]] die [[Sorge]] [[für]] die [[Bau]]- und Marktpolizei u. die [[Veranstaltung]] der Spiele oblag u. die [[auch]] eine [[sich]] [[hierauf]] beziehende Gerichtsbarkeit (Iuven. 10, 102) hatten. – /Nom. Sing. [[auch]] [[aediles]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 31; u. [[aïdilis]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 30, 32 u. 61: Abl. Sing. gew. aedile (s. [[Charis]]. 120, 17), zB. Varr. r.r. 1, 2, 2. Cic. Sest. 95. Liv. 3, 31, 5; [[doch]] [[auch]] aedili, Tac. ann. 12, 64. Serv. Verg. Aen. 5, 4. Iulian. dig. 18, 6, 14 (13).
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