macellarius

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

măcellārĭus, a, um, adj. [macellum],

I of or belonging to the meat-market or provision-market : taberna, Val. Max. 3, 4, 4: negotiator artis macellariae, Inscr. Grut. 647, 5: ARS, Inscr. Orell. 4302.—Hence,

II Subst.: măcellārĭus , ĭi, m., a meat-seller, victualler : vendere apros macellario, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11; 3, 4, 2; Suet. Caes. 26: macellarios adjuvare, id. Vesp. 19.