tignarius

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

tignārĭus, a, um, adj. [tignum],

of or belonging to beams : faber, a carpenter , builder , Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39; id. Brut. 73, 257; Inscr. Orell. 4087 sq.; cf.: Fabros tignarios dicimus non eos duntaxat, qui tigna dolant, sed omnes, qui aedificant, Dig. 50, 16, 235; Vulg. 4 Reg. 22, 6.

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