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|lshtext=<b>argentārĭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[argentum]].<br /><b>I</b> Of or pertaining to [[silver]] (cf. [[argentum]], I. A.): metalla, [[silver]]-mines, Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86: [[plumbum]], a [[mixture]] of [[tin]] and [[lead]], id. 34, 9, 20, § 95, and 34, 17, 48, § 160: [[creta]], for polishing [[silver]], tripoli, rottenstone, id. 35, 17, 58, § 199: [[faber]], a [[worker]] in [[silver]], [[silver]]-[[smith]], Dig. 34, 2, 39.—<br /><b>II</b> Of or pertaining to [[money]] (cf. [[argentum]], I. B. 2.): amore [[pereo]] et inopiā argentariā, am [[dying]] of [[love]] and [[want]] of [[money]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 65; so, [[opes]], possessions in [[money]], id. Ep. 5, 2, 7: [[auxilium]], [[pecuniary]] [[assistance]], id. Ps. 1, 1, 103: sunt meretrices omnes elecebrae argentariae, enticers [[away]] of [[money]], id. Men. 2, 3, 26: [[cura]], [[care]] of [[money]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 3: [[taberna]], a [[banker]]'s [[stall]], [[bank]], Liv. 26, 11; so, [[mensa]], a banking-[[table]], Dig. 2, 13, 4 al.—Hence subst. in all genders, [[like]] [[aerarius]], [[harenarius]], etc. ([[only]] [[thus]] in Cic., [[never]] as an adj.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> argentārĭus, ii, m.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[money]]-changer, [[banker]] (by whom [[much]] [[business]] [[was]] transacted, [[since]] all [[business]] transactions were committed to [[writing]] by [[them]]; cf. Dig. 2, 13, 10), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 103; so id. ib. 1, 1, 113; id. Aul. 3, 5, 53; id. Pers. 3, 3, 29 al.; Cic. Caecin. 6: argentarii tabulae, id. ib. 6; Suet. Aug. 2; id. Ner. 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Sc. [[faber]].) A [[silver]]-[[smith]], Vulg. Jud. 17, 4; ib. Sap. 15, 9; ib. Isa. 40, 19: [[Demetrius]], [[argentarius]] faciens [[aedes]] argenteas Dianae, ib. Act. 19, 24; Inscr. Orell. 913; 995; 4146.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> argentārĭa, ae, f. (sc. [[taberna]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A banking-[[house]], a [[bank]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 47; so id. ib. 1, 1, 51; id. Ep. 2, 2, 15; Liv. 9, 40; 26, 27; 40, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (sc. ars.) The [[vocation]] or [[employment]] of a [[bank]] er or broker: M. [[Fulcinius]], qui Romae argentariam non ignobilem fecit, Cic. Caecin. 4: argentariā dissolutā, [[after]] the [[dissolution]], [[closing]] up, of the [[bank]], id. ib. 4: exercere, Dig. 2, 13, 4: administrare, ib. 2, 13, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Sc. [[fodina]]; cf.: [[aeraria]], harenaria, [[ferraria]], etc.) A [[silver]]-[[mine]], Liv. 34, 21; Tac. A. 6, 19 (conj. of Weissenb.).—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> argentārĭum, ii, n., a [[place]] for [[keeping]] [[silver]], a [[cupboard]] or [[safe]] for [[plate]], Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 8.

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