Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Tignarius

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

TIGNA'RIUS sc. faber. A timber worker; meaning strictly one who hews and puts together the timbers and beams (tigna) of a roof (Cic. Brut. 73.); this constituted a trade by itself amongst the Romans, whose members were associated in a distinct corporation. (Inscript. ap. Grut. 360. 2.) But in the language of the law books the term was applied in a more general signification, like our builder, and included all those who were engaged in any description of building operations. Cajus. Dig. 50. 16. 235.