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aedēs and aedis (the form aedes is found in Liv. 2, 21, 7; 2, 8, 14; 2, 9, 43 al., and now and then in other writers, but aedis is more common, as in Cic. Verr. 4, 55, § 121; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; Vitr. 4, 7, 1; Varr. 5, 32, 156 al.; Liv. 1, 33, 9 al.; Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 50), is, f., a building for habitation. [Aedis domicilium in edito positum simplex atque unius aditus. Sive ideo aedis dicitur, quod in ea aevum degatur, quod Graece αἰών vocatur, Fest. p. 13 Müll. Curtius refers this word to αἴθω, aestus, as meaning originally, fire-place, hearth; others, with probability, compare ἕδος, ἕδρα, and sēdes.]

  1. I. Sing., a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple (prop., a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more deities; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7; but after the Aug. period aedes was used for templum; cf. Suet. Caes. 78 with id. ib. 84): haec aedis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 7: senatum in aedem Jovis Statoris vocavi, Cic. Cat. 2, 6: aedis Martis, Nep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.: aedes Mercurii dedicata est, Liv. 2, 21: hic aedem ex marmore molitus est, Vell. 1, 11, 5: inter altare et aedem, Vulg. Luc. 11, 51: aedem Concordiae, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19: aedes Veneris genitricis, Suet. Caes. 78; v. above; id. ib. 10: aedem Baal, Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 27; ib. Act. 19, 24 al.: haec ego ludo, quae nec in aede sonent, i. e. in the temple of the Muses, or of the Palatine Apollo, where poems were publicly recited, Hor. S. 1, 10, 38; cf.: quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem, id. Ep. 2, 2, 94.
    Plur. in this sense generally in connection with sacrae, divinae, deorum, and only when several temples are spoken of: aedes sacrae, Cic. Dom. 49; cf. Suet. Aug. 30, 100: Capitolii fastigium et ceterarum aedium, Cic. de Or. 3, 46; cf. Liv. 38, 41: Deorum aedes, Suet. Cat. 21; cf. id. Ner. 38; id. Claud. 21 al.
  2. II. A dwelling for men, a house, habitation, obode (syn. domus; usu. only in the plur., as a collection of several apartments; but in the earliest period the sing. also may have had this signif., though but few certain examples of it have been preserved in the written language; cf. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67: hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimust … aedis nobis areast, auceps sum ego): aedes probae et pulchre aedificatae, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 60; id. Most. 1, 2, 18: ultimae, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29: apud istum in aedibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50, and soon after: in mediis aedibus; cf. Verg. A. 2, 512: liberae, a house that is rent-free, Liv. 30, 17: privatae, Suet. Ner. 44 al.
    Hence sometimes used for a part of the domus, a room, an apartment, chamber: insectatur omnes domi per aedīs, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31; Verg. G. 2, 462; cf. id. A. 2, 487 (v. also Gell. 4, 14; Curt. 8, 6; Hor. C. 1, 30, 4).
    In Plaut., by comic license, aedes for familia: credo hercle has sustollat aedīs totas atque hunc in crucem, Mil. 2, 3, 39: ut ego suffringam his talos totis aedibus, to break the legs of this whole house (i. e. family), Truc. 2, 8, 7: ab aedibus, denoting office (cf. ab), a castellan: CVM AB AEDIBVS ESSEM, Inscr. Grut. 697, 1.
    1. * B. Met., the cells (or hive) of bees: clausis cunctantur in aedibus, Verg. G. 4, 258.
    2. * C. Trop.: fac, sis, vacivas aedīs aurium, mea ut migrare dicta possint, the chambers of your ears, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 54.
    3. * D. Aedes aurata, a gilded funeral structure, on which the dead body of Cœsar was laid, a catafalque, Suet. Caes. 84.

aedĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [aedes], a small building intended for a dwelling.

  1. I. For gods, a chapel, a small temple: cum aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicāsset, Cic. Dom. 53: Victoriae, Liv. 35, 9; 35, 41: aediculam in ea (domo) deo separavit, Vulg. Judic. 17, 5; also a niche or shrine for the image of a god: in aedicula erant Lares argentei positi, Petr Sat. 29 fin.: aediculam aeream fecit, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19; 36, 13, 19, § 87.
    Hence on tombstones, the recess in which the urn was placed, Inscr. Fabrett. c. 1, 68.
  2. II. For men, a small house or habitation (mostly in plur.; cf. aedes, II.), Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 58; Cic. Par. 6, 3; Vulg. 4 Reg. 23, 7.
    Sing. in Plaut., a small room, a closet: in aediculam seorsum concludi volo, Epid. 3, 3, 19 sq.

aedĭfacĭo, ere, 3, v. a., = aedifico: Labeo, Dig. 19, 260 Torrentinus, where others read aedificare.

* aedĭfex, fĭcis, m., = aedificator, Tert. Idol. 12.

aedĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [aedifico].

  1. I. Abstr., the act of building, a building or constructing.
          1. (α) Absol.: si ad horum luxuriam dirigas aedificationem, Varr. R. R. 1, 13: immensa et intolerabilis, Cic. Pis. 21; so id. Q. Fr. 2, 2; Vulg. 2 Para. 16, 6.
          2. (β) With gen.: urbium, Vulg. Judith, 5, 10.
  2. II. Concr., a building, a structure, edifice, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23: domum tuam et aedificationem omnem perspexi, Cic. Fam. 5, 6: aedificationes templi, Vulg. Matt. 24, 1.
  3. III. Fig., building up, instructing, edification.
          1. (α) Absol.: loquitur ad aedificationem, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 3; 14, 26.
          2. (β) With gen.: ad aedificationem Ecclesiae, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 12; ib. Eph. 4, 12.

* aedĭfĭcātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [aedificatio], a little building: ecquid de illa aedificatiuncula mandavisses, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5.

aedĭfĭcātor, ōris, m. [aedifico].

  1. I. A builder: vocaberis aedificator saepium, Vulg. Isa. 58, 12; in the class. period only trop., = δημιουργός: mundi, the maker, architect, Cic. Univ. 2: aedificatores mundi, id. N. D. 1, 9.
  2. II. From the Aug. period adj. (cf. Br. Nep. Ages. 4, 2) with the access. idea of inclination or passion, that is fond of building: nemo illo minus fuit emax, minus aedificator, Nep. Att. 13; Juv. 14, 86; Col. 1, 4, 8; Flor. 1, 8, 4.

aedĭfĭcātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [aedifico], pertaining to building.

  1. I. Lit.: aedificatoria somnia, Tert. Anim. 47.
    Hence, subst.: aedĭfĭcātōrĭa, ae, f., = architectura, Boëth. Aristot. Top. 3, 1, p. 680.
  2. II. Fig.: verbum aedificatorium mortis, i. e. that was the cause of death, Tert. Carn. Christ. 17.

* aedĭfĭcĭālis, e, adj., pertaining to a building [aedes]: Priamus ad aram Jovis aedificialis confugit (so called because he was worshipped in the building; cf. Fest. s. v. Herceus, p. 101 Müll.), Dict. Cret. 5, 12.

aedĭfĭcĭum, i, n. [aedifico], a building of any kind, an edifice, structure, even though not suitable for a dwelling (while aedes designates only a structure for habitation).
Hence: aedes aedificiaque, Liv. 38, 38; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin.: exstruere aedificium in alieno, id. Mil. 27: omnibus vicis aedificiisque incensis, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Nep. Att. 13, 2; Sall. J. 23; Liv. 5, 41: aedificiorum prolapsiones, Suet. Aug. 30; cf. id. Oth. 8: regis, Vulg. 3 Reg. 9, 1: paries aedificii, ib. Ezech. 41, 12.
In late Lat., = aedificatio: aedificium domūs Domini, Vulg. 3 Reg. 9, 1: murorum, ib. 1 Macc. 16, 23.

aedĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [aedesfacio], lit. to erect a building, to build; and in gen., to build, raise, erect, or establish any thing.

  1. I. Lit.: aedificare cum sit proprie aedem facere, ponitur tamen καταχρηστικῶς in omni genere constructionis, Fest. p. 13 Müll.; hence in the first signif. for the most part
          1. (α) Absol.: aedificare diu cogitare oportet, Cato, R. R. 3, 1: ecce aedificat, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 56: ad quem (usum) accommodanda est aedificandi descriptio, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; id. ib. 2, 23, 83: tribus locis aedifico, reliqua reconcinno, id. Q. Fr. 2, 6: lautius, id Leg. 2, 1, 3: belle, id. Att. 9, 13 al.: accuratius ad frigora atque aestus vitandos, Caes. B. G. 6, 22: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100; so id. S. 2, 3, 308.
          2. (β) With object: domum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4; so Vulg. Exod. 1, 21: casas, Hor. S. 2, 3, 247.
  2. II. In gen., to build, construct, etc.: navim, Plaut. Mer. prol. 87 piscinas, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 5: navem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18: urbem, id. ib. 2, 4, 53; so Vulg. Exod. 1, 11: oppida, ib. 2 Para. 26, 6: turrim, ib. Matt. 21, 3: murum, ib. 2 Para. 33, 14: porticum, Cic. Dom. 43: hortos, id. Att. 9, 13: equum, Verg. A. 2, 16: mundum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25: tot adhuc compagibus altum aedificat caput, i.e. makes it, by bands and hair ornaments, a high tower, Juv. 6, 501.
  3. III. Fig., to build up, establish: rem publicam, Cic. Fam. 9, 2.
    And (eccl.) in a religious sense, to build up, instruct, edify.
          1. (α) Absol.: caritas aedificat, Vulg. 1 Cor. 8, 1: non omnia aedificant, ib. ib. 16, 23.
          2. (β) With object: semetipsum, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 4: alterutrum, ib. 1 Thess. 5, 11.

‡ aedīlātus, ūs, m., = aedilitas [aedilis], Fest. p. 13 Müll.

aedīlīcĭus (not aedīlīt-), a um, adj. [aedesfacio], pertaining or belonging to an œdile: munus, Cic. Off. 2, 16: repulsa, i. e. in aedilitate petenda, id. Planc. 21: scriba, of an œdile, id. Clu. 45: largitio, Liv. 25, 2; cf. Cic. Off. 2, 16: vectigal aediliciorum, sc. munerum, paid to the œdiles to defray the expense of public exhibitions, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9.—aedīlīcĭus, i, m. (sc. vir), one who had been an œdile (as consularis, who had been consul), an exœdile, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10: aedilicius est mortuus, Cic. Brut. 28; so id. Vatin. 7: edictum, an ordinance of the œdile on entering upon his office (v. edictum), Dig. 21, 1: aediliciae edictiones, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 43.

aedīlis, is, m. (abl. aedili, Tac. A. 12, 64; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 4; Dig. 18, 6, 13; but aedile is more usual, Charis. p. 96 P.; Varr. 1, 22; Cic. Sest. 44, 95; Liv. 3, 31; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158; Inscr. Orell. 3787, 8; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 221; Koffm. s. v.) [aedes], an œdile, a magistrate in Rome who had the superintendence of public buildings and works, such as temples, theatres, baths, aqueducts, sewers, highways, etc.; also of private buildings, of markets, provisions, taverns, of weights and measures (to see that they were legal), of the expense of funerals, and other similar functions of police. The class. passages applying here are: Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42; Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14; id. Phil. 9, 7; Liv. 10, 23; Tac. A. 2, 85; Juv. 3, 162; 10, 101; Fest. s. h. v. p. 12; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 3 and 6.
Further, the aediles, esp. the curule ædiles (two in number), were expected to exhibit public spectacles; and they often lavished the most exorbitant expenses upon them, in order to prepare their way toward higher offices, Cic. Off. 2, 16; Liv. 24, 33; 27, 6. They inspected the plays before exhibition in the theatres, and rewarded or punished the actors according to their deserts, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 148; id. Cist. ep. 3; for this purpose they were required by oath to decide impartially, Plaut. Am. prol. 72.
It was the special duty of the aediles plebeii (of whom also there were two) to preserve the decrees of the Senate and people in the temple of Ceres, and in a later age in the public treasury, Liv. 3, 55. The office of the aediles curules (so called from the sella curulis, the seat on which they sat for judgment (v. curulis), while the aediles plebeii sat only on benches, subsellia) was created A.U.C. 387, for the purpose of holding public exhibitions, Liv. 6, 42, first from the patricians, but as early as the following year from the plebeians also, Liv. 7, 1.
Julius Cæsar created also the office of the two aediles Cereales, who had the superintendence of the public granaries and other provisions, Suet. Caes. 41.
The free towns also had ædiles, who were often their only magistrates, Cic. Fam. 13, 11; Juv. 3, 179; 10, 102; Pers. 1, 130; v. further in Smith’s Dict. Antiq. and Niebuhr’s Rom. Hist. 1, 689 and 690.
Note: Plaut. uses the word once adject.: aediles ludi, œdilic sports, Poen. 5, 2, 52.

aedīlĭtas, ātis, f. [aedilis], the office of an œdile, œdileship: aedilitatem gerere, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 29: petere, Cic. Quint. 25: aedilitate fungi, id. Off. 2, 16: munus aedilitatis, id. Verr. 3, 12, 36: praetermissio aedilitatis, id. Off. 2, 17: curulis aedilitas, id. Har. Resp. 13, 27: inire, Suet. Caes. 9; id. Vesp. 2; id. Claud. 38 al.
Plur.: splendor aedilitatum, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57.

aedīlītĭus, a, um, v. aedilicius.

aedis, v. aedes.

* aedĭtĭmor or aedĭtŭmor [an earlier form for aedituor], āri, v. dep., to keep or take care of a temple: aeditumor in templo tuo, Pompon. ap. Gell. 12, 10. Nonius quotes the same passage, 75, 15, but reads aedituor.

aedĭtĭmus (aedĭtŭ-) (an earlier form for aedituus, and first used in the time of Varro; v. the first quotation), i, m., one who keeps or takes care of a temple, the keeper or overseer of a temple, ἱεροφύλαξ: in aedem Telluris veneram, rogatus ab aeditumo, ut dicere didicimus a patribus nostris, ut corrigimur a recentibus urbanis: ab aedituo, Varr. R. R. 1, 2: Aeditimus … Pro eo a plerisque nunc aedituus dicitur, Gell. 12, 10; Varr. R. R. 1, 69; id. L. L. 6, 2: liminium productionem esse verbi (Servius) volt, ut in finitumo, legitumo, aeditumo, Cic. Top. 8, 36.

* aedĭtŭa, ae, f. [aedituus], a female overseer of a temple, Inscr. Orell. 2444.
Trop.: cum omnes templum simus Dei, ejus templi aeditua et antistes pudicitia est, Tert. Cult. Fem. 1.

* aedĭtŭālis, e, adj. [aedituus], pertaining to a temple-keeper, Tert. Pudic. 16.

* aedĭtŭens, entis, m., = aedituus, a keeper of a temple, Lucr. 6, 1275, referred to by Gell. 12, 10 fin.

aedĭtŭus, i, m. [aedes-tueor; quasi a tuendis aedibus appellatus, Gell. 12, 10], a keeper of a temple, a sacristan, ἱεροφύλαξ (first used in polite language in the time of Varro for aeditumus; v. the word and the passage cited from Varr.).

  1. I. Lit., Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 48: aeditui custodesque mature sentiunt, etc., * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Suet. Dom. 1 al. It belonged also to the office of the aeditui to conduct strangers through the temple, and point out its curiosities, hence Horace says: quales aedituos habeat virtus, what panegyrists, Ep. 2, 1, 230.
  2. II. In gen., priests, ministers (eccl.): erunt in sanctuario meo aeditui, Vulg. Ezech. 44, 1; ib. Ose. 10, 5.