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lignarius

lignarius · adj

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Where it lives

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Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

lignārĭus — Lewis & Short

lignārĭus, a, um, adj.lignum,

I of or belonging to wood, wood-: negotiatio, timbertrade, Capitol. Pert. 1: lima, Scrib. Comp. 141: artifex, a worker in wood, Vulg. Isa. 44, 13.—

II Subst.: lignārĭus, i, m.

A A worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, Pall. 1, 6, 2.—Perh. hence,

2 Inter lignarios, a place in Rome before the Porta Trigemina, perh. Joiners'-street, Timber-street, Liv. 35, 41 fin. (acc. to others, timber-market).—

B A slave whose office it was to carry wood (to a temple), a wood-carrier: Josue Gabionitas in aquarios lignariosque damnavit, Hier. Ep. 108, 8.—

C A wood-cutter, woodman: lignarius culoko/pos, o( ko/ptwn cu/la, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

Where it came from

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