dulcĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [dulcia],
I of confections , making sweetmeats : vascula, to hold confections, Inscr. Orell. 114.—
II Esp. of persons: pistor, a confectioner , pastry-cook , Mart. 14, 222 in lemm.; Ap. Met. 10, 13, 8.—Hence, subst., dulciari-us , ii, m., a pastry-cook , Lampr. Heliog. 27; Treb. Claud. 14; Veg. Mil. 1, 7.