Definition of "aedile" [æ•dile]

• An elected official of ancient Rome who was responsible for public works and games and who supervised markets, the grain supply, and the water supply. (noun)

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• "Although he is remembered today only as the father of Augustus, he was at this time aedile of the plebs and very much the coming man."
• "Glossary aedile an elected official, of whom four were chosen annually to serve a one-year term, responsible for the running of the city of Rome: law and order, public buildings, business regulations, etc."
• "That they had long been under police regulation, and compelled to register with the aedile, is evident from a passage in Tacitus:"