aedituus

Latin > English

aedituus aeditui N M :: sacristan, one who has charge of a temple; custodian of a temple; priest

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ædĭtŭus,¹³ m., v. aeditumus.

Latin > German (Georges)

aedituus, ī, m. (Nbf. v. aeditumus, durch Schwund des m entstanden), der Tempelhüter, eine der Volkssprache geläufigere (obgleich von Varr. LL. r.r. 1, 2, 1 verworfene) Form als aeditumus, schon bei Plaut. (Curc. 204), in der Schriftspr. allg. seit Liv. (vgl. Gell. 12, 10): aedituorum cellulae, Min. Fel. – übtr., aeditui, gleichs. Tempelhüter im Tempel des Verdienstes (v. den Dichtern), Hor. ep. 2, 1, 230. / Akk. aedituon, Act. fratr. Arv. a. 91. II, 27: Genet. Plur. aedituom, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 2629.

Latin > Chinese

aedituus, i. m. :: 看守廟者。Aeditui virtutis 作詩頌徳者。