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martĭobarbŭlus (mattĭob-), i, m. [Mars], a soldier provided with leaden balls (post-class.), Veg. Mil. 1, 17 dub.; cf. the context.

matta, ae, f., a mat made of rushes, Aug. contr. Faust. 5, 5; Schol. Juv. 5, 8; 6, 117 (also v. l. for lata, Ov. F. 6, 679).

Mattārĭus, ĭi, m. [matta], one who sleeps on a mat (late Lat.), a name applied by the orthodox to a sect of Manichæans: quia in mattis dormiunt, Mattarii appellantur, Aug. contr. Faust. 5, 5; id. de Haeres. 46.

mattĕa (mattya, mactĕa), ae, f., = ματτύα (v. Varr. L. L. 5, 22, § 112 Müll.), a dainty dish, dainty, delicacy, Suet. Calig. 38; Sen. Contr. 4, 27; Petr. 65: to mattea sola juvat (al. juvant, assuming a collat. form, mattĕum, i, n.), Mart. 10, 59, 4: inter quadrupedes mattea prima lepus, id. 13, 92, 2.

mattĕŏla (matĕŏla, mactĕŏla), ae, f. dim. [mattea], a little delicacy, dainty (post class.), Arn. 7, 231.

Matthaeus, i, m., = Ματθαῖος, or Mattheus (eu diph.), St. Matthew the evangelist: publicanus, Vulg. Matt. 10, 3: Mattheus, as a dissyl., Prud. Apoth. 982.

Mattĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mattiacum (the mod. Wiesbaden): Mattiaci fontes, the warm mineral springs of Wiesbaden, Plin. 31, 2, 17, § 20: aquae, Amm. 29, 4, 3: pilae, soap-balls for coloring the hair, Mart. 14, 27: ager, Tac. A. 11, 20.
In plur. subst.: Mattĭăci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Mattiacum, Tac. G. 29; id. H. 4, 37.

Mattici cognominantur homines malarum magnarum atque oribus late patentibus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 126 Müll. [ματύαι, i. q. γνάθοι, acc. to Hesych.].

mattĭobarbŭlus, i, m., v. martiobarbulus.

mattĭŏcŏpa, ae, m. [ματτύα-κόπτω], prop. a cutter of dainties; hence, a skinflint (late Lat.), Amm. 15, 5, 4.

Mattĭum, ĭi, n., a city of Germany, the capital of the Chatti; acc. to some, Marburg; acc. to others, the town of Maden, near Fritzlar, Tac. A. 1, 56.

* mattus or matus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mad, to be drunk; cf. madidus], drunk, intoxicated, Petr. 41 fin.

mattya, ae, v. mattea.