I.a small building intended for a dwelling.
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.—
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.
