tăbernārĭus, a, um, adj. [taberna],
I of or belonging to booths or shops , used to denote any thing low , common : blanditiae, Ap. Mag. p. 229, 3: fabulae, a low kind of comedy , Diom. p. 487 P.; Fest. s. v. togatarum, p. 352 Müll. —
II Hence, subst.
1 tă-bernārĭi , ōrum, m., shopkeepers , small dealers , Inscr. Orell. 1368: opifices et tabernarios atque illam omnem faecem civitatum quid est negotii concitare? Cic. Fl. 8, 18: concitator tabernariorum, id. Dom. 5, 13; (with aquarii) Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4. —
2 tăbernārĭa , ae, the hostess of a tavern , Novell. Martian, § 4; cf. Schol. Juv. 8, 162; Isid. 15, 2, 43.