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|lshtext=<b>ōtĭōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[otium]],<br /><b>I</b> at [[leisure]], [[unoccupied]], disengaged, [[unemployed]], [[idle]] ([[class]].; cf. [[feriatus]], [[immunis]]; opp. [[negotiosus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Of persons.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[nimis]] otiosum te [[arbitror]] hominem esse, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34; 40: [[quamvis]] [[etiam]] [[maneo]] [[otiosus]] hic, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 15: cum essem [[otiosus]] domi, Cic. Brut. 3, 10: rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficere, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without [[official]] [[employment]], [[free]] from [[public]] affairs: quo in [[studio]] hominum [[quoque]] ingeniosissimorum otiosissimorumque totas aetates videmus esse contritas, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219: quem locum nos otiosi convertimus, in an [[interval]] of [[leisure]], id. Div. 2, 30, 63: Graeculum se [[atque]] otiosum putari maluit, id. Sest. 51, 110: [[numquam]] se [[minus]] otiosum esse, [[quam]] cum [[otiosus]], [[that]] he [[was]] [[never]] [[less]] at [[leisure]] [[than]] [[when]] [[free]] from [[official]] [[business]], [[Cato]] ap. Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1: cum a te tua promissa flagitabam, ad urbem te otiosissimum esse arbitrabar, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3: cum [[otiosus]] stilum prehenderat, id. Brut. 24, 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[respect]] to [[participation]], [[quiet]], [[unconcerned]], [[indifferent]], [[neutral]]: spectatores otiosi Leuctricae calamitatis, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26: [[quidam]] [[enim]] non [[modo]] armatis, sed [[etiam]] otiosis minabantur, id. Marcell. 6, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without [[excitement]], [[quiet]], passionless, [[calm]], [[tranquil]]: [[etiam]] istos, quibus [[odio]] est [[otium]], quietissimos [[atque]] otiosissimos reddam, Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102: vide ut [[otiosus]] it, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[style]], [[tedious]], [[dull]]: ([[Cicero]]) [[lentus]] est in principiis, [[longus]] in narrationibus, [[otiosus]] [[circa]] [[excessus]], Tac. Or. 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That has [[leisure]] for [[any]] [[thing]]; [[with]] gen.: studiorum otiosi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 6.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Subst.: ōtĭōsus, i, m., a [[private]] [[person]], one not in [[official]] [[life]]: et facilior et tutior [[vita]] est otiosorum, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 70: otioso [[vero]] et [[nihil]] agenti [[privato]], ... [[quando]] [[imperium]] [[senatus]] dedit? id. Phil. 11, 8, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Non-combatants, civilians: [[crudeliter]] [[enim]] otiosis minabantur, Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3 (B. and K. otiosissimi): militare [[nomen]] [[grave]] [[inter]] otiosos, Tac. Agr. 40.—<br /><b>II</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things, at [[leisure]], [[free]], [[idle]], [[unemployed]]: otioso in otio [[animus]] nescit, [[quid]] velit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 256 Vahl.): ego, cui fuerit ne [[otium]] [[quidem]] [[umquam]] otiosum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66: pecuniae, [[idle]], [[unemployed]] (opp. [[occupatus]]), Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1: [[senectus]], Cic. Sen. 14, 49: his supplicationum otiosis diebus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3: [[quid]] [[quiete]] otiosius animi, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Idle, [[useless]], [[unprofitable]], [[superfluous]] (cf.: [[ignavus]], [[iners]], [[desidiosus]]): sententiae, Quint. 1, 1, 35: [[sermo]], id. 8, 2, 19: otiosissimae occupationes, Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 4; so, otiosum est persequi singula, Lact. 2, 4, 28; cf. Min. Fel. 23, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Quiet, [[free]] from [[any]] [[thing]]; [[with]] ab: [[animo]] [[nunc]] jam otioso esse [[impero]], Ter. And. 5, 2, 1: ab [[animo]], id. Phorm. 2, 2, 26: a metu, Gell. 2, 29, 9: [[quid]] est animi [[quiete]] otiosius, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a [[quiet]] or [[gentle]] [[motion]], [[quiet]], [[gentle]]: [[fons]] vel [[rivus]] huc conveniat [[otiosus]], [[flowing]] [[quietly]], [[gently]], Pall. 1, 37, 3.—Hence, adv.: ōtĭōsē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., at [[leisure]], at [[ease]], [[without]] [[occupation]]: vivere, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97: inambulare in [[foro]], Liv. 23, 7 fin.: sequi, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 8: [[ire]], id. Ep. 5, 1, 21: magnast res, [[quam]] ego [[tecum]] [[otiose]], si otiumst, [[cupio]] loqui, id. Aul. 4, 10, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Calmly, [[quietly]], [[without]] [[haste]], [[gently]], [[gradually]]: ambula [[ergo]] [[cito]]. Sy. Immo [[otiose]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 14; cf. id. Truc. 1, 2, 66 (opp. to properare): [[bene]] et [[otiose]] percoquere, [[Cato]], R. R. 76 fin.: contemplari unumquodque [[otiose]] et considerare coepit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33: quaerere, id. Fin. 4, 13, 22: [[segniter]], [[otiose]], [[neglegenter]], [[contumaciter]] omnia agere, Liv. 2, 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Free from [[fear]], [[quietly]], [[fearlessly]]: ademptum [[tibi]] jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis [[otiose]] ut dormias, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100.
|lshtext=<b>ōtĭōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[otium]],<br /><b>I</b> at [[leisure]], [[unoccupied]], disengaged, [[unemployed]], [[idle]] ([[class]].; cf. [[feriatus]], [[immunis]]; opp. [[negotiosus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Of persons.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[nimis]] otiosum te [[arbitror]] hominem esse, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34; 40: [[quamvis]] [[etiam]] [[maneo]] [[otiosus]] hic, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 15: cum essem [[otiosus]] domi, Cic. Brut. 3, 10: rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficere, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without [[official]] [[employment]], [[free]] from [[public]] affairs: quo in [[studio]] hominum [[quoque]] ingeniosissimorum otiosissimorumque totas aetates videmus esse contritas, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219: quem locum nos otiosi convertimus, in an [[interval]] of [[leisure]], id. Div. 2, 30, 63: Graeculum se [[atque]] otiosum putari maluit, id. Sest. 51, 110: [[numquam]] se [[minus]] otiosum esse, [[quam]] cum [[otiosus]], [[that]] he [[was]] [[never]] [[less]] at [[leisure]] [[than]] [[when]] [[free]] from [[official]] [[business]], [[Cato]] ap. Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1: cum a te tua promissa flagitabam, ad urbem te otiosissimum esse arbitrabar, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3: cum [[otiosus]] stilum prehenderat, id. Brut. 24, 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[respect]] to [[participation]], [[quiet]], [[unconcerned]], [[indifferent]], [[neutral]]: spectatores otiosi Leuctricae calamitatis, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26: [[quidam]] [[enim]] non [[modo]] armatis, sed [[etiam]] otiosis minabantur, id. Marcell. 6, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without [[excitement]], [[quiet]], passionless, [[calm]], [[tranquil]]: [[etiam]] istos, quibus [[odio]] est [[otium]], quietissimos [[atque]] otiosissimos reddam, Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102: vide ut [[otiosus]] it, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[style]], [[tedious]], [[dull]]: ([[Cicero]]) [[lentus]] est in principiis, [[longus]] in narrationibus, [[otiosus]] [[circa]] [[excessus]], Tac. Or. 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That has [[leisure]] for [[any]] [[thing]]; [[with]] gen.: studiorum otiosi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 6.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Subst.: ōtĭōsus, i, m., a [[private]] [[person]], one not in [[official]] [[life]]: et facilior et tutior [[vita]] est otiosorum, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 70: otioso [[vero]] et [[nihil]] agenti [[privato]], ... [[quando]] [[imperium]] [[senatus]] dedit? id. Phil. 11, 8, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Non-combatants, civilians: [[crudeliter]] [[enim]] otiosis minabantur, Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3 (B. and K. otiosissimi): militare [[nomen]] [[grave]] [[inter]] otiosos, Tac. Agr. 40.—<br /><b>II</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things, at [[leisure]], [[free]], [[idle]], [[unemployed]]: otioso in otio [[animus]] nescit, [[quid]] velit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 256 Vahl.): ego, cui fuerit ne [[otium]] [[quidem]] [[umquam]] otiosum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66: pecuniae, [[idle]], [[unemployed]] (opp. [[occupatus]]), Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1: [[senectus]], Cic. Sen. 14, 49: his supplicationum otiosis diebus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3: [[quid]] [[quiete]] otiosius animi, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Idle, [[useless]], [[unprofitable]], [[superfluous]] (cf.: [[ignavus]], [[iners]], [[desidiosus]]): sententiae, Quint. 1, 1, 35: [[sermo]], id. 8, 2, 19: otiosissimae occupationes, Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 4; so, otiosum est persequi singula, Lact. 2, 4, 28; cf. Min. Fel. 23, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Quiet, [[free]] from [[any]] [[thing]]; [[with]] ab: [[animo]] [[nunc]] jam otioso esse [[impero]], Ter. And. 5, 2, 1: ab [[animo]], id. Phorm. 2, 2, 26: a metu, Gell. 2, 29, 9: [[quid]] est animi [[quiete]] otiosius, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a [[quiet]] or [[gentle]] [[motion]], [[quiet]], [[gentle]]: [[fons]] vel [[rivus]] huc conveniat [[otiosus]], [[flowing]] [[quietly]], [[gently]], Pall. 1, 37, 3.—Hence, adv.: ōtĭōsē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., at [[leisure]], at [[ease]], [[without]] [[occupation]]: vivere, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97: inambulare in [[foro]], Liv. 23, 7 fin.: sequi, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 8: [[ire]], id. Ep. 5, 1, 21: magnast res, [[quam]] ego [[tecum]] [[otiose]], si otiumst, [[cupio]] loqui, id. Aul. 4, 10, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Calmly, [[quietly]], [[without]] [[haste]], [[gently]], [[gradually]]: ambula [[ergo]] [[cito]]. Sy. Immo [[otiose]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 14; cf. id. Truc. 1, 2, 66 (opp. to properare): [[bene]] et [[otiose]] percoquere, [[Cato]], R. R. 76 fin.: contemplari unumquodque [[otiose]] et considerare coepit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33: quaerere, id. Fin. 4, 13, 22: [[segniter]], [[otiose]], [[neglegenter]], [[contumaciter]] omnia agere, Liv. 2, 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Free from [[fear]], [[quietly]], [[fearlessly]]: ademptum [[tibi]] jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis [[otiose]] ut dormias, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100.
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|gf=<b>ōtĭōsus</b>,⁹ a, um ([[otium]]),<br /><b>1</b> oisif, qui [[est]] sans occupation, de loisir : Cic. Br. 10 ; Nat. 3, 93, etc. ; [[quoniam]] sumus otiosi Cic. Læl. 16, puisque nous avons le temps || alicui otiosum [[est]] avec inf. Tac. Ann. 13, 3, qqn a le temps de<br /><b>2</b> [en part.] qui n’[[est]] pas pris par les affaires publiques, loin des affaires : Cic. de Or. 1, 219 ; Off. 3, 1, etc. ; otiosa [[senectus]] Cic. CM 49, une vieillesse libre de son temps ; his supplicationum otiosis diebus Cic. Q. 3, 8, 3, pendant les loisirs que donnent ces jours de supplications || [m. pris subst<sup>t</sup>] homme éloigné de la politique : Cic. Off. 1, 70 ; Phil. 11, 20<br /><b>3</b> qui ne participe pas à une affaire, [[neutre]], indifférent : Cic. Off. 2, 26 ; Marc. 18 ; Fam. 9, 6, 3<br /><b>4</b> calme, paisible, [[tranquille]] : Ter. Eun. 919 ; Andr. 842 ; Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3, etc. || [[spatium]] ab hoste otiosum Cæs. C. 3, 3, 1, intervalle de temps que n’avait pas troublé l’ennemi<br /><b>5</b> [rhét.] qui prend son temps, qui s’attarde : ([[Cicero]]) [[est]] [[otiosus]] [[circa]] excesus, Tac. D. 22 (Cicéron) s’attarde dans les digressions || [en parl. du style] lent, languissant : Quint. 10, 2, 17 ; Tac. D. 18<br /><b>6</b> oiseux, inutile, superflu : otiosissimæ occupationes Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 6, 4, occupations les [[plus]] oiseuses, cf. Quint. 1, 1, 35 ; 8, 2, 19 || oisif, qui ne rapporte [[rien]] [en parl. d’argent] : Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 62, 1.
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ōtĭōsus: a, um, adj. otium,
I at leisure, unoccupied, disengaged, unemployed, idle (class.; cf. feriatus, immunis; opp. negotiosus).
I Of persons.
   A In gen.: nimis otiosum te arbitror hominem esse, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34; 40: quamvis etiam maneo otiosus hic, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 15: cum essem otiosus domi, Cic. Brut. 3, 10: rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficere, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93.—
   B In partic.
   1    Without official employment, free from public affairs: quo in studio hominum quoque ingeniosissimorum otiosissimorumque totas aetates videmus esse contritas, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219: quem locum nos otiosi convertimus, in an interval of leisure, id. Div. 2, 30, 63: Graeculum se atque otiosum putari maluit, id. Sest. 51, 110: numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam cum otiosus, that he was never less at leisure than when free from official business, Cato ap. Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1: cum a te tua promissa flagitabam, ad urbem te otiosissimum esse arbitrabar, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3: cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, id. Brut. 24, 93.—
   2    With respect to participation, quiet, unconcerned, indifferent, neutral: spectatores otiosi Leuctricae calamitatis, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26: quidam enim non modo armatis, sed etiam otiosis minabantur, id. Marcell. 6, 18.—
   3    Without excitement, quiet, passionless, calm, tranquil: etiam istos, quibus odio est otium, quietissimos atque otiosissimos reddam, Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102: vide ut otiosus it, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3.—
   4    Of style, tedious, dull: (Cicero) lentus est in principiis, longus in narrationibus, otiosus circa excessus, Tac. Or. 22.—
   5    That has leisure for any thing; with gen.: studiorum otiosi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 6.—Hence,
   C Subst.: ōtĭōsus, i, m., a private person, one not in official life: et facilior et tutior vita est otiosorum, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 70: otioso vero et nihil agenti privato, ... quando imperium senatus dedit? id. Phil. 11, 8, 20.—
   2    Non-combatants, civilians: crudeliter enim otiosis minabantur, Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3 (B. and K. otiosissimi): militare nomen grave inter otiosos, Tac. Agr. 40.—
II Of inanim. and abstr. things, at leisure, free, idle, unemployed: otioso in otio animus nescit, quid velit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 256 Vahl.): ego, cui fuerit ne otium quidem umquam otiosum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66: pecuniae, idle, unemployed (opp. occupatus), Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1: senectus, Cic. Sen. 14, 49: his supplicationum otiosis diebus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3: quid quiete otiosius animi, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4.—
   B Transf.
   1    Idle, useless, unprofitable, superfluous (cf.: ignavus, iners, desidiosus): sententiae, Quint. 1, 1, 35: sermo, id. 8, 2, 19: otiosissimae occupationes, Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 4; so, otiosum est persequi singula, Lact. 2, 4, 28; cf. Min. Fel. 23, 1.—
   2    Quiet, free from any thing; with ab: animo nunc jam otioso esse impero, Ter. And. 5, 2, 1: ab animo, id. Phorm. 2, 2, 26: a metu, Gell. 2, 29, 9: quid est animi quiete otiosius, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 2.—
   3    With a quiet or gentle motion, quiet, gentle: fons vel rivus huc conveniat otiosus, flowing quietly, gently, Pall. 1, 37, 3.—Hence, adv.: ōtĭōsē.
   A Lit., at leisure, at ease, without occupation: vivere, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97: inambulare in foro, Liv. 23, 7 fin.: sequi, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 8: ire, id. Ep. 5, 1, 21: magnast res, quam ego tecum otiose, si otiumst, cupio loqui, id. Aul. 4, 10, 41.—
   B Transf.
   1    Calmly, quietly, without haste, gently, gradually: ambula ergo cito. Sy. Immo otiose, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 14; cf. id. Truc. 1, 2, 66 (opp. to properare): bene et otiose percoquere, Cato, R. R. 76 fin.: contemplari unumquodque otiose et considerare coepit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33: quaerere, id. Fin. 4, 13, 22: segniter, otiose, neglegenter, contumaciter omnia agere, Liv. 2, 57.—
   2    Free from fear, quietly, fearlessly: ademptum tibi jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis otiose ut dormias, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ōtĭōsus,⁹ a, um (otium),
1 oisif, qui est sans occupation, de loisir : Cic. Br. 10 ; Nat. 3, 93, etc. ; quoniam sumus otiosi Cic. Læl. 16, puisque nous avons le temps