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nĕgōtĭum (nĕgōcĭum ), ii, n. necotium; cf.: negotium, quod non sit otium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne,
I.a business, employment, occupation, affair (cf. munus).
I. Lit.: “negoti nunc sum plenus,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 146: “quamquam negotiumst, si quid vis, non sum occupatus, etc.,id. Merc. 2, 2, 17: “qui deum nihil habere negotii volunt,Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102: “in extremā parte muneris ac negotii tui,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46: “forensia negotia,id. de Or. 2, 6, 23: “qui omnibus negotiis interfuit,id. Fam. 1, 6, 1: “negotium municipii administrare,id. ib. 13, 11: “procurare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: “suscipere,id. Cat. 3, 2, 5: “mandare alicui,id. Fam. 13, 26, 2: “versari in negotio,id. Att. 5, 10, 3: “emergere ex negotiis,id. ib. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 3, 4: “transigere negotium,Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21: “negotio desistere,Caes. B. G. 1, 45: “in magno negotio habere aliquid,to regard a thing as important, of great moment, Suet. Caes. 23: est mihi negotium cum aliquo, I have to do with one: “mirabar, quid hic negotii esset tibi,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 8; Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9: “adparatus, quem flagitabat instans negotium,Amm. 20, 10, 1.—Esp. with reference to affairs of state: “nostrum otium negotii inopia, non requiescendi studio constitutum est,Cic. Off. 3, 1, 2; cf. Suet. Aug. 32: “publicis adfinis fuit an maritumis negotiis?” i. e. in farming the revenue or in private commerce, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 50.—Of the management of domestic concerns: “qui suum negotium gerunt otiosi,Cic. Lael. 23, 86: “praeclare suum negotium gessit Roscius,id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34: “suum negotium agere,id. Off. 1, 9, 29; cf. id. ib. 1, 34, 125.—So of trade, traffic: “aes alienum negotii gerendi studio contractum,Cic. Sull. 20, 58; id. Vat. 5, 12: “negotii gerentes,tradesmen, id. Sest. 45, 97: “Trebonius ampla et expedita negotia in tuā provinciā habet,id. Fam. 1, 3, 1: Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33.—Of a lawsuit, Quint. 3, 5, 11; Suet. Calig. 40; id. Rhet. 6; cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 2.—
II. Transf.
B. Like the Gr. πρᾶγμα, for res, a matter, thing: “quid est negoti?Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 27; 3, 2, 54: “quid negoti est, quamobrem succenses mihi?id. Capt. 3, 5, 11: “ineptum negotium et Graeculum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86. —So of persons Teucris illa lentum negotium, a slow affair, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 1; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4: “elinguem, tardum, inhumanum negotium,id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14. —As transl. of τὸ πρᾶγμα, euphemism for sensual sins, Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 6; ib. 2 Cor. 7, 11: “a negotio perambulante in tenebris,some indefinable terror, ib. Psa. 90, 6.
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