tăbernārĭus

I. of or belonging to booths or shops, used to denote any thing low, common: blanditiae, App. Mag. p. 229, 3: fabulae, Diom. p. 487 P.; Fest. s. v. togatarum, p. 352 Müll. —

II. Hence, subst.

1. tă-bernārĭi, ōrum, m., shopkeepers, small dealers, Inscr. Orell. 1368: opifices et tabernarios atque illam omnem faecem civitatum quid est negotii concitare? Cic. Fl. 8, 18: concitator tabernariorum, id. Dom. 5, 13; (with aquarii) Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4. —

2. tăbernārĭa, ae, the hostess of a tavern, Novell. Martian, § 4; cf. Schol. Juv. 8, 162; Isid. 15, 2, 43.