mātĕrĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [materia], of or belonging to stuff, matter, wood, timber.
I In gen. (ante-class. and post-Aug.): fabrica, carpentry , Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198: FABER, a carpenter , Inscr. Grut. 642, 6: NEGOCIATOR, a timber-merchant , Inscr. Orell. 4248. —Also subst.—
B mātĕrĭārĭus , ii, m. (sc. negotiator), a timber-merchant : si non hos materiarius remoratur, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 45: CLAVORVM, a maker of wooden nails , Inscr. Orell. 4164.—
II In partic.: haeretici materiarii, in eccl. Lat., those who believed in the eternity of matter , Tert. adv. Hermog. 25.—
B mātĕrĭārĭa , ae, f. (sc. negotiatio), the trade in timber , Paul. ex Fest. p. 27, 11 Müll.