columnarius

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

cŏlumnārĭus, a, um, adj. [columna], of or pertaining to a column; only subst., *

I cŏlumnārĭus , ii, m., one who was condemned at the Columna Maenia (v. columna, A.); therefore a criminal or debtor , Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 4.—

II cŏlum-nārĭum , ii, n., a tribute for the pillars of a house , a pillar-tax , Cic. Att. 13, 6, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf. columnar.