Adytum

(ad'e-tum.) [From Gr. adytos, not to be entered.] (Arch.) The sanctum sanctorum, or most secret chamber in the heathen temples, into which only the priests were permitted to enter. [s. 10] Æcidium Æcidium, (e-sid'yum.) (Bot.) A gen. of minute Fungi, parasitic upon the leaves, flowers, or bark of living plants, where they are generated beneath the cuticle. [s. 10] Ædiles Ædiles, (e'dīlz.) [ L., from ædes, a templo.] (Antiq.) Four Roman magistrates, whose chief busine was to superintend buildings of all kinds, but more especially public ones, as temples, aqueducts, bridges, .; and to take care of the highways, weights and measures, . [s. 10] Ægean Sen Ægean Sen, (e-jcean.) (Anc. Geog.) The name given by the Greeks and Romans to that part of the Mediterranean now called the Grecian Archipelago. [s. 10] Ægilops Ægilops, (ej'i-lops.) [Gr., from aiz, ag oat, and õps, an eye.] (Med.) An absce in the canthus, or corner of the eye, near the no so. Goats were supposed to bo subject to a similar disease.-(Bot.) A gen. of plants, O. Gram in ace a. [s. 10] Ægin a Ægin a, (e-ji'nah,) a small island of Greece, govt. of Attica, in the Saronic Gulf, between Attica and the Moréa, is 9 m. long, by 5 m. broad. This island contains the temple of Jupiter Panhellenius, one of the finest remains in Greece. [s. 10] Ægin hard Ægin hard, (¿'jin-hard.) The faithful secretary and biographer of Charlemagne, and the husband of Imma. D. 840. [s. 10] Ægirine Ægirine, (ē'jir-in.) (Min.) A black or greenish variety of Pyroxene. [s. 10]