timber Copy link Outline 1. mātĕria or mātĕries, ei, f.2. tignum3. lignum (usu. as opp. to materia, firewood • timber: 1. mātĕria or mātĕries, ei, f.: to cut down t., caedere m., Caes. B. G. 3, 29: Vitr. 2, 9 (q. v.): hence mātĕriari, to procure t., Caes. B. G. 7, 73: adj., materiarius: a t. merchant, m. negotiator, Inscr.: or simply m., Pl. Mil. 3, 3, 46. 2. tignum: defined in Gai. Dig. 50, 16, 62, as "omne genus materiae:" usu. a log, beam. 3. lignum (usu. as opp. to materia, firewood: a piece of t.): v. wood. Phr.: the t. trade, lignaria negotiatio, Capit. Pert. 1, 1: the t. market, inter lignarios, Liv. 35, 41, extr. (?).
TIMBER Copy link • TIMBERtignum (a beam, post, etc.): trabs (a large beam). Long perpendicular timbers, mail: horizontal timbers, templa, -orum, neuter: rough timber, materia.