Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cellarius

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CELLA'RIUS. A slave belonging to the class of ordinarii, who had charge of the pantry, store-room, and wine cellar (cella penaria et vinaria), and whose duty it was to give out the daily rations of meat and drink to the household. Plaut. Capt. iv. 2. 116. Columell. xi. 1. 19.