ædile

See also: aedile

English

Noun

ædile (plural ædiles)

1. Archaic form of aedile.

Anagrams

• Adelie, Adilee, dealie

French

Noun

ædile m (plural ædiles)

1. Obsolete form of édile.
   • 1642, Plutarch, translated by Charles de L'Écluse and Jacques Amyot, Les Vies des Hommes Illvstres Grec et Romains‎^[1], page 614:

     Il mourut ieune eſtant Ædile de Rome, & ayant eſpouſé Iulia fille d’Auguſte, auec laquelle il ne veſcut pas longuement: mais pour honorer ſa memoire, Octauia ſa mere dedia la librairie, & Auguſte Cæſar le threatre , qui ſont encore appellez iuſqu’auiourd’hui le Theatre & la Librairie de Marcellus.

     He died young being Aedile of Rome, and having married Julia daughter of Augustus, with whom he did not live long: but to honour her memory, Octavia her mother dedicated a library and Augustus Caesar a theater, which are still called up to today the Theater and the Library of Marcellus.

Further reading

• “ædile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.