aedituus
Ξενίας ἀεὶ φρόντιζε, μὴ καθυστέρει → Cura hospitalis esse nec in hoc sis piger → Sei stets auf Gastfreundschaft bedacht und säume nicht
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aedĭtŭus: i, m. aedes-tueor; quasi a tuendis aedibus appellatus, Gell. 12, 10,
I a keeper of a temple, a sacristan, ἱεροφύλαξ (first used in polite language in the time of Varro for aeditumus; v. the word and the passage cited from Varr.).
I Lit., Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 48: aeditui custodesque mature sentiunt, etc., * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Suet. Dom. 1 al. It belonged also to the office of the aeditui to conduct strangers through the temple, and point out its curiosities, hence Horace says: quales aedituos habeat virtus, what panegyrists, Ep. 2, 1, 230.—
II In gen., priests, ministers (eccl.): erunt in sanctuario meo aeditui, Vulg. Ezech. 44, 1; ib. Ose. 10, 5.
