ferrārĭus, a, um, adj. [ferrum], belonging to or occupied with iron.
I Prop.: fabri, blacksmiths , Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 47: NEGOTIATOR, an iron-monger , Inscr. Grut. 640, 2 and 4: metalla, iron-mines , Plin. 35, 6, 15, § 35: officina, a smith's shop , smithy , id. 35, 15, 51, § 182: aqua, for quenching the red-hot iron , id. 28, 16, 63, § 226: faber, Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 19.—
II Subst.
A ferrārĭus , ii, m., a blacksmith , a smith , Sen. Ep. 56, 4; Pall. 1, 6, 2; Firm. Math. 4, 7 med. ; Inscr. Orell. 4066.—
B ferrārĭa , ae, f.
1 An iron-mine , iron-works : sunt in his regionibus ferrariae, argenti fodinae pulcherrimae, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 29; Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 2; Liv. 34, 21, 7; Inscr. Orell. 1239.—
2 (Sc. herba.) The plant vervain , App. Herb. 65 and 72.