aedilicius Latin · revision 32901

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂(e)idʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ae̯.diːˈlɪ.ki.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [e.diˈliː.t͡ʃi.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aedīlicius''' (feminine aedīlicia, neuter aedīlicium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''ēd-''; the noun has genitive ''aedīliciī'' or ''aedīlicī''.^(OLD 2012) Inscriptions write ''edilicius''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aedīlis|-icius|t1=aedile]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|aedīlis]] is formed on [[aedes|alt=aedēs]] “temple; house”, which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*aiþ-|t=fireplace]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂(e)idʰ-|t=burning]]: the noun first meant the fireplace, then the room with it, and then a one-room temple.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[grc|αἴθω|tr=aíthō|t=to burn]] and [[sga|áed|t=fire]], and notes that Oscan [[m|osc|aídíl]] was borrowed from Latin.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus;^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is of or connected with an aedile: Cicero writes of an aedile's public show, of a defeat in standing for the aedileship, and of an aedile's clerk, and Livy of the largess given by aediles.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) It also means one who has held the aedileship, and used as a noun it is an ex-aedile.^(OLD 2012) In law the ''aedīliciae āctiōnēs'' are the actions granted by the aediles' edict, in Pomponius in the ''Digest''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses the adjective.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an aedile's show and clerk.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the aediles' largess.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or connected with an [[m|en|aedile]] or the aedileship.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Who has held the aedileship.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An ex-aedile.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aedilis|alt=aedīlis]]

+ * [[aedilitas|alt=aedīlitās]]

+ * [[aedes|alt=aedēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}