cellarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cellārĭus, a, um (access. form acc. plur. cellares, perh. for the purpose of avoiding the os four times repeated, Col. 8, 8, 1), adj. [cella],

I of or pertaining to a storeroom : sagina, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 31.—Hence,

II Subst.: cellārĭus , ii, m., one who keeps provisions , a steward , butler , Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 115; Col. 11, 1, 19; 12, 3, 9; 12, 4, 2; Plin. 19, 12, 62, § 188 al.