macellārius, a, um, adj. macellum, of or belonging to the meat-market or provision-market: taberna, Val. Max. 3, 4, 4: negotiator artis macellariae, Inscr. Grut. 647, 5: ARS, Inscr. Orell. 4302.
—Hence, Subst.:
macellārius, ii, m., a meat-seller, victualler: vendere apros macellario, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11; 3, 4, 2; Suet. Caes. 26: macellarios adjuvare, id. Vesp. 19.