aedituus

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.).

• I Lit., Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 48 (205): 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 Hor. says: quales aedituos habeat virtus, what panegyrists, Ep. 2, 1, 230.—
• II In gen., priests, ministers (eccl.): erunt in sanctuario meo aeditui, Vulg. Ezech. 44, 1; ib. Ose. 10, 5.

aedituus, ī, m. (Nbf. v. aeditumus, durch Schwund des m entstanden), der Tempelhüter, eine der Volkssprache geläufigere (obgleich von Varr. LL. r.r. 1, 2, 1 verworfene) Form als aeditumus, schon bei Plaut. (Curc. 204), in der Schriftspr. allg. seit Liv. (vgl. Gell. 12, 10): aedituorum cellulae, Min. Fel. – übtr., aeditui, gleichs. Tempelhüter im Tempel des Verdienstes (v. den Dichtern), Hor. ep. 2, 1, 230. / Akk. aedituon, Act. fratr. Arv. a. 91. II, 27: Genet. Plur. aedituom, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 2629.

aedituus [CL] 1 a keeper of (Jewish) temple. b sacristan. c churchwarden. d champion of church. a ~us, †custus templi GlC E 27 (cf. ib. A 325); Pompeius ‥ ~is precepit ut locum sacrum a sordibus mundarent Gir. PI I 17 p. 61.  b Frith. 1141 (v. aedilis b); infantibus ecclesiam intrantibus ~us primum sonet signum RegulC 20; ut ~us templi ipsius cloccam personaret Altissimo Byrht. V. Osw. 426; si ~i [AS: hiwan] magis opus habeant ecclesiam suam [v. l. ecclesie sue], custodiant eum in alia domo (Quad.) GAS 53; [Carolus Magnus] ecclesiam mane et vespere ingrediebatur, valde monens ne quid in ea indecens linquerent ~i R. Niger 149; c1200 in cena Domini annatim ~us S. Augustini l sol. denariorum secretario S. Salvatoris Dorobernie reddebat MonA I 128b; ~us basilice S. Remigii (Mir. S. Vedasti) Elmh. Cant. 210.  c 1583 ecclesiae Houghtoniensis ~is (Reg. Paroch. Houghton le Spring) EHR XX 677.  d decentis ~i, almi sc. Dunstani, merita monumenta protelare B. V. Dunst. 1. 2 keeper or officer of household, steward. accessit ad thecam ~us in qua es regium servabatur Ailr. Ed. Conf. 746B; quedam [liberationes] sunt servientium, ‥ quales sunt ~i [gl.: hoc est custodes domus] regii, tibicines ‥ et hujusmodi Dial. Scac. II 6; s1245 David [f. Lewelini] ‥ jussit prerupta montium artissima ‥ per ~os suos custodiri Flor. Hist. II 286; hows kepare, ~us, m., ~a, f. PP.

ædĭtŭus, (13) m. , v. æditumus.

aedituus , i. m.
看守廟者。Aeditui virtutis 作詩頌徳者。

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aedituus ī, m

• aedes + 2 TV-, a custodian of a temple, sacristan, C.: qualīs Aedituos habeat virtus, i. e. poets, H.