Lewis & Short

mātĕrĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [materia], of or belonging to stuff, matter, wood, timber.

  1. I. In gen. (ante-class. and post-Aug.): fabrica, carpentry, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198: FABER, a carpenter, Inscr. Grut. 642, 6: NEGOCIATOR, a timber-merchant, Inscr. Orell. 4248.
    Also subst.
    1. B. mātĕrĭārĭus, ii, m. (sc. negotiator), a timber-merchant: si non hos materiarius remoratur, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 45: CLAVORVM, a maker of wooden nails, Inscr. Orell. 4164.
  2. II. In partic.: haeretici materiarii, in eccl. Lat., those who believed in the eternity of matter, Tert. adv. Hermog. 25.
    1. B. mātĕrĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. negotiatio), the trade in timber, Paul. ex Fest. p. 27, 11 Müll.