arenarii
Cum omnibus perjuris et Arenariis, quos ingenti corrupit pretio, Lateranensem Basilicam tenuit, etc.Infra :
Tunc Damasus cum perfidis invitat Arenarios. quadrigarios, et fossores, omnemque Clerum, cum securibus, gladiis et fustibus, et obsedit Basilicam, etc.Concil. Calchedon. Act. 10. pag. 300. Edit. 1618 :
Συναγαγὼν ὄχλον ἄτακτον μετὰ ξιφῶν, καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν ἀραναρίων, ἐπεισῆλθε.Infra :
ἐπεισῆλθε τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ἐκκλησιᾳ μετὰ ξιφῶν, καὶ ἀραναρίων, καὶ δᾳδων τινῶν.Ubi vetus versio
ARENARII
ARENA´RIIare mentioned in inscriptions as formed into collegia (Orelli-Henzen, Nos. 2773, 4063). The meaning of the name is variously explained as gladiators fighting in the arena, persons who swept it and looked after it (Orelli), or diggers in an arenaria or sand-pit (Muratori). The first of these three senses is the most probable; they are named in connexion with lanistae, scenici, venatores, &c., and Tertullian calls them amentissimi and infames (de Spect. 22, cf. Petron. Sat. 126; Capitol. Aurel. Philosoph., 100.19; Rein, ap. Pauly, i.2 s. v.).
[W.W]Arenarii
Gladiators fighting in the arena. See Gladiatores.