cretarius

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

crētārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. creta],

I of or pertaining to chalk : ARS, Inscr. Grut. 641, 3.—

II Subst.: crētārĭa , ae, f. (sc. taberna), a shop for Cretan earth , Varr. L. L. 8, § 55 Müll.