stationarius

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

stătĭōnārĭus, a, um, adj. [statio, II.],

I of or belonging to a post or station (jurid. Lat.): stationarii milites, soldiers stationed at a post , a kind of gendarmery instituted by Augustus for suppressing the grassatores, Suet. Aug. 32; Dig. 11, 4, 1; 11, 4, 4; 1, 12, 1 fin. —As subst.: stătĭōnārĭus , i, m.

A A postman , postmaster at a post - station, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 1.—

B A police-officer , Cod. 12, 23, 1; 12, 58, 1; Cod. Th. 6, 29, 1; 8, 4, 2.