negotiosus
δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
Latin > English
negotiosus negotiosa, negotiosum ADJ :: active, occupied
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nĕgōtĭōsus: (nĕgōc-), a, um, adj. negotium,
I full of business, busy (class.): negotiosi eramus nos nostris negotiis, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 79: provincia negotiosa et molesta, Cic. Mur. 8, 18: prudentissimus quisque maxime negotiosus erat, the busiest, most occupied, Sall. C. 8, 5: quid crudelitate negotiosius, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4: vir negotiosissimus, Aug. Ep. 54: circumcisā omni negotiosā actione, attention to business, Cels. 2, 25: negotiosi dies, business days, working days, Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.—Comically, transf.: tergum, a back on which business is performed, i. e. which receives a drubbing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 37.—
II Transf., troublesome: edepol, rem negotiosam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 32.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nĕgōtĭōsus,¹³ a, um (negotium), qui a beaucoup d’affaires, occupé, absorbé : Pl. Merc. 191 ; Sall. C. 8, 5 ; -sissimus Aug. Ep. 153, 1 || qui absorbe, qui donne du travail : Cic. Mur. 18 ; dies negotiosi Tac. Ann. 13, 41, jours non fériés, ouvrables || tergum negotiosum Pl. Mil. 447, dos qui ne chôme pas ; quid crudelitate negotiosius ? Sen. Ira 2, 13, 2, qu’est-ce qui cause plus de tracas que la cruauté ?
Latin > German (Georges)
negōtiōsus, a, um (negotium), voller Geschäfte, geschäftig, tätig, a) v. Pers.: prudentissimus quisque maxime negotiosus erat, Sall. Cat. 8, 5: negotiosi eramus nos nostris (in) negotiis, Plaut. merc. 191: negotiosissimus vir, Augustin. epist. 153, 1: subst., negotiosi, Geschäftsleute, Tac. dial. 7. – b) v. Lebl.: provincia n. et molesta, Cic. Mur. 18: dies, Geschäftstage, Werktage (Ggstz. sacri), Tac. ann. 13, 41 extr.: cogitatio, Gedanke an Geschäfte, Cels. 4, 32 (25): nil moror negotiosum mihi esse tergum, ich mag meinem R. keine Händel (Schläge) zuziehen, Plaut. mil. 447: quid (est) clementiā remissius, quid crudelitate negotiosius? Sen. de ira 2, 13, 2: cura atque opera negotiosissima, Augustin. epist. 169, 1.
Latin > Chinese
negotiosus, a, um. adj. c. :: 事情繁多。忙者。Negotiosi dies 不罷工之日。Provincia negotiosa 繁瑣之任。Res negotiosa 繁難事。
