mātĕrĭārĭus
a, um, adj.
I.
of or belonging to stuff, matter, wood, timber.
I.
In gen. (ante-class. and post-Aug.): fabrica, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198: FABER, Inscr. Grut. 642, 6: NEGOCIATOR, 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, Inscr. Orell. 4164.—
II.
In partic.: haeretici materiarii, in eccl. Lat., Tert. adv. Hermog. 25.—
B.
mātĕrĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. negotiatio), the trade in timber, Paul. ex Fest. p. 27, 11 Müll.