Meaning of aedile | Babel Free
ˈiːdaɪlDefinitions
An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.
Ancient-Rome, historical
Equivalents
Examples
“Some of these encroachments may have⟳ received permission from the town council or the local aediles. A handful of painted notices found on the outside of the Amphitheatre suggest⟳ that it was the aediles who authorised the street vendors plying their trade⟳ underneath the monument’s arches, and assigned their pitches: ‘By permission of the aediles. Licensed to Caius Aninius Fortunatus’ etc., as the faint and fragmentary Latin seems to say⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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