I.a Celtic javelin, pike: “nonnulli inter carros rotasque mataras ac tragulas subiciebant nostrosque vulnerabant,” Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 3: “humero matari trajecto,” Liv. 7, 24, 3: “materis Transalpina,” Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43: Galli materibus configunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 8; id. ib. 9.
matĕris or matăris (madăris ), is, and matăra , ae, f. Celtic,