lignārĭus
a, um, adj.
I.
of or belonging to wood, wood-: negotiatio, Capitol. Pert. 1: lima, Scrib. Comp. 141: artifex, Vulg. Isa. 44, 13.—
II.
Subst.: lignārĭus, i, m.
A.
A worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, Pall. 1, 6, 2.—Perh. hence,
2.
Inter lignarios, a place in Rome before the Porta Trigemina, perh. Joiners'-street, Timber-street, Liv. 35, 41 fin. (acc. to others, timber-market).—
B.
A slave whose office it was to carry wood (to a temple), a wood-carrier: Josue Gabionitas in aquarios lignariosque damnavit, Hier. Ep. 108, 8.—
C.
A wood-cutter, woodman: lignarius ξυλοκόπος, ὁ κόπτων ξύλα, Gloss. Lat. Gr.