sellularius

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

sellŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [sellula],

of or belonging to a chair : quaestus, sedentary occupations or trades , Gell. 3, 1, 10; so, artes, Ap. Flor. p. 346, 34: artifex, a mechanic , id. ib. p. 351, 21.—As subst.: sellŭlārĭus , ii, m., a mechanic : de plebeiā faece sellulariorum, Cic. ap. Aug. adv. Pelag. 2, 37; cf.: opificum vulgus et sellularii, minime militiae idoneum genus, Liv. 8, 20.

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