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marmŏrārĭus, a, um, adj. [marmor], of or belonging to marble, marble. (postAug.): faber, Sen. Ep. 90, 15.
Subst.: mar-mŏrārĭus, i, m., a worker in marble, marble-mason, Vitr. 7, 6; Sen. Ep. 88, 15; 90, 13; Firm. Math. 8, 19.
marmŏrātĭo, ōnis, f. [marmoro], an overlaying or incrusting with marble (postclass.): pavimenti, App. Flor. p. 359, 2.
marmŏrātum, v. marmoro fin.
marmŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [marmor],
- I. to overlay or incrust with marble (post-Aug.; most freq. in part. perf.): palatio exornato hoc genere marmorandi, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25: porticus marmorata, Petr. 77, 4: ingenti plaga marmorata dorso, i. e. paved with stones, Stat. S. 4, 3, 96.
- II. To make a kind of plaster out of marble (ante-class., and only in part. perf.): tectorium marmoratum, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1.
Hence, mar-mŏrātum, i, n., a covering for walls or floors made of pounded marble and lime, Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3; 3, 7, 3; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176.