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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.

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|georg=ōtiōsus, a, um ([[otium]]), [[reich]] an [[Muße]], I) eig.: a) [[müßig]], [[untätig]], [[unbeschäftigt]], feiernd, geschäftslos, [[ohne]] Geschäfte, u. insbes. [[ohne]] öffentliches [[Amt]], [[ohne]] öffentliche Geschäfte (Ggstz. [[negotiosus]], [[occupatus]]), α) v. leb. [[Wesen]]: [[homo]], Cic.: otiosi urbani, [[Pflastertreter]], Liv.: homines otiosissimi, Cic.: di, die [[nichts]] zu [[tun]] [[haben]], Cic.: [[bos]], Hor.: quem locum [[nos]] otiosi (in einem müßigen [[Stündchen]]) convertimus, Cic.: cum [[otiosus]] (in müßigen Stunden) stilum prehenderat, Cic.: [[licuit]] Themistocli otioso [[esse]], Cic.: Plur. subst., otiosis (Müßiggängern) [[locus]] [[hic]] [[non]] est; discede [[morator]] ([[Bummler]]), Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 813. – β) v. Lebl.: [[otium]], Cic.: [[aetas]], [[tempus]], Cic.: otiosissimae occupationes, geschäftiger [[Müßiggang]], Plin. ep.: [[honor]] [[otiosus]] ac [[vacans]], unverwaltetes u. erledigtes [[Ehrenamt]], Plin. pan.: übtr., [[pecunia]], [[brach]] daliegendes, keine [[Zinsen]] bringendes, ICt.: u. so pecuniae publicae [[vereor]] ne otiosae iaceant (Ggstz. occupatae), Plin. ep.: [[fons]] [[vel]] [[rivus]] [[huc]] convenit [[otiosus]], in [[aller]] [[Gemächlichkeit]], Pallad, 1, 37, 3. – b) [[frei]] [[von]] Berufsarbeiten, α) v. Pers., der [[Muße]] [[ergeben]], den Wissenschaften [[lebend]], [[literarisch]] beschäftigt, [[ein]] [[Literat]], Cic. u.a.: [[numquam]] se [[minus]] otiosum [[esse]] [[quam]] cum [[otiosus]] (esset), Cic.: otiosa [[Neapolis]], mußereich, Hor.: Plur. subst. m. Genet., studiorum otiosi, die [[Muße]] [[für]] wissenschaftliche Beschäftigungen [[haben]], Plin. nat hist. praef. § 6. – im weiteren (üblen) Sinne, [[sich]] [[gehen]] lassend, v. [[Redner]], Tac. dial. 18 u. 22. – β) v. Lebl., der [[Muße]] gewidmet, [[dies]], Cic.: [[senectus]], Cic.: u. alci otiosum est m. folg. Infin., es macht [[sich]] jmd. [[einen]] [[Zeitvertreib]] [[daraus]], zu usw., Tac. ann. 13, 3. – c) [[politisch]] [[müßig]], [[untätig]], [[teilnahmlos]], [[neutral]], [[Ruhe]] haltend, [[friedsam]], α) [[von]] Pers.: omnes [[fere]] socii spectatores se otiosos praebuerunt Leuctricae calamitatis, Cic.: istos otiosos reddam, will [[sie]] zur [[Ruhe]] [[bringen]], Cic.: subst., otiosi, Neutrale, Cic. ep. 9, 6, 3; od. friedliche [[Bürger]], Tac. Agr. 40. – β) v. Lebl., [[friedlich]], [[ruhig]], [[dignitas]], Cic. Sest. 98. – II) übtr.: a) [[gemütlich]], [[ohne]] [[Unruhe]], [[ruhig]], [[sorglos]], [[unbesorgt]], [[unbekümmert]], [[animo]] otioso [[esse]], Ter. u. Gell.: [[quin]] tu [[otiosus]] es, Ter.: [[quid]] otiosius [[quiete]] animi, [[quid]] irā laboriosius, Sen.: otiosum Fadium reddere, dem F. die [[Ruhe]] [[wiedergeben]], Cic. – m. ab ([[von]] [[seiten]]) u. Abl., [[otiosus]] ab [[animo]], Ter. Phorm. 340. – b) [[müßig]] = [[überflüssig]], [[unnütz]], [[peregrinatio]], Curt.: sententiae, Quint.: [[sermo]], Quint.: [[quaestio]], Gell. – dah. otiosum est [[mit]] Infin. = es ist [[überflüssig]], persequi [[singula]], Lact. 2, 4, 28: [[ire]] per singulos, Min. Fel. 23, 1 (21, 9).

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