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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯ˈdiː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈdiː.lis]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''aedīlis''' ''m'' (genitive aedīlis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Early inscriptions have ''aidilis'', plural ''aidiles'', and Varro has the ablative ''aedīle''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[aedēs]] “building, temple” with the suffix [[-īlis]], continuing Proto-Italic ⟨*aiðīlis⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Early inscriptions have it as ''aidilis''.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was the Roman magistrate in charge of public buildings, games and markets, an aedile, as in Cicero, and a magistrate of other Italian towns.^(OLD 2012) In inscriptions it was the president of a guild, and in Varro a sacristan.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Medieval Latin used ''aedīlis'' as an adjective for what belonged to the monastery itself, as against its estates.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for an overseer of buildings and a sacristan.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''edile'' and French ''édile'', and [[en|aedile]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the magistrate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a sacristan.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # An [[m|en|aedile]], a Roman magistrate over buildings, games and markets.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A town magistrate.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The president of a guild.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|sacristan]].^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aedēs]]
+ * [[aedificō]]
+ * [[en|aedile]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}