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materiarius

mātĕrĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [materia], of or belonging to stuff, matter, wood, timber.
  • I In gen. (ante-class. and post-Aug.): fabrica, carpentry, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198: FABER, a carpenter, Inscr. Grut. 642, 6: NEGOCIATOR, a timber-merchant, Inscr. Orell. 4248. —Also subst.—
    • B mātĕrĭārĭus, ii, m. (sc. negotiator), a timber-merchant: si non hos materiarius remoratur, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 45 (919): CLAVORVM, a maker of wooden nails, Inscr. Orell. 4164.—
  • II In partic.: haeretici materiarii, in eccl. Lat., those who believed in the eternity of matter, Tert. adv. Hermog. 25.—
    • B mātĕrĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. negotiatio), the trade in timber, Paul. ex Fest. p. 27, 11 Müll.

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