proper noun
Mattārĭus
Meaning
- one who sleeps on a mat
Mattārĭus, ĭi, m. matta,
I. one who sleeps on a mat (late Lat.), a name applied by the orthodox to a sect of Manichæans: quia in mattis dormiunt, Mattarii appellantur, Aug. contr. Faust. 5, 5; id. de Haeres. 46.