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ferrarius1

ferrarius1 · adj

belonging to

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Where it lives

Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
Tyranni Triginta 2 · 3.04/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. ferrārĭus — Lewis & Short

ferrārĭus, a, um, adj.ferrum,

I belonging to or occupied with iron.

I Prop.: fabri, blacksmiths, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 47: NEGOTIATOR, an iron-monger, Inscr. Grut. 640, 2 and 4: metalla, iron-mines, Plin. 35, 6, 15, § 35: officina, a smith's shop, smithy, id. 35, 15, 51, § 182: aqua, for quenching the red-hot iron, id. 28, 16, 63, § 226: faber, Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 19.—

II Subst.

A ferrārĭus, ii, m., a blacksmith, a smith, Sen. Ep. 56, 4; Pall. 1, 6, 2; Firm. Math. 4, 7 med.; Inscr. Orell. 4066.—

B ferrārĭa, ae, f.

1 An iron-mine, iron-works: sunt in his regionibus ferrariae, argenti fodinae pulcherrimae, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 29; Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 2; Liv. 34, 21, 7; Inscr. Orell. 1239.—

2 (Sc. herba.) The plant vervain, App. Herb. 65 and 72.

2. ferrārĭus — Lewis & Short

ferrārĭus, ii, m., v. 1. ferrarius, II. A.

In the wild

ferrarii Plautus, Rudens 2.6
ferrarium Cato, De agri cultura 7
ferrarium Historia Augusta, Tyranni Triginta 8
ferrarius Celsus, De Medicina 5.28.p2
ferrario Historia Augusta, Tyranni Triginta 8
ferrarium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.4.p1

6 of 8 attestations shown.

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