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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: 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.
mātĕrĭo (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a. [materia], to build of wood (rare but class.): eaque aedificia minime sunt materianda propter incendia, Vitr. 5, 12, 7: aedes male materiatae, of bad wood-work, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54.
* mātĕrĭor, āri, v. dep. [materia], to fell or procure wood: erat eo tempore et materiari et frumentari necesse, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 init.