aeditua
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English
aeditua aedituae N F :: female sacristan, one who has charge of a temple; custodian of a temple
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aedĭtŭa: ae, f. aedituus,
I a female overseer of a temple, Inscr. Orell. 2444.— Trop.: cum omnes templum simus Dei, ejus templi aeditua et antistes pudicitia est, Tert. Cult. Fem. 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ædĭtŭa, æ, f., gardienne d’un temple : Inscr. || [fig.] en parl. de la pudicité gardienne de notre corps : Tert. Cult. 2, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
aeditua, ae, f. (aedituus), die Tempelaufseherin, Tert. de cult. fem. 2, 1. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 2209. – übtr., die Dienerin = Verehrerin, magnae Dianae, Itala act. apost. 19, 35.
