negotium: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>nĕgōtĭum</b>: (nĕgōcĭum), ii, n. necotium; cf.: [[negotium]], [[quod]] non [[sit]] [[otium]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne,<br /><b>I</b> a [[business]], [[employment]], [[occupation]], [[affair]] (cf. [[munus]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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, id. 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Difficulty, pains, [[trouble]], [[labor]]: ita et [[hinc]] et [[illinc]] mi exhibent [[negotium]], [[give]] me [[trouble]], Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 38: huic exhibui [[negotium]], id. Men. 5, 9, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 30: viden [[egestas]] [[quid]] negoti dat homini [[misero]] [[male]], id. Trin. 4, 2, 5: [[satis]] [[habeo]] negotii in sanandis vulneribus, Cic. Att. 5, 17, 6: magnum [[negotium]] est navigare [[atque]] id mense Quintili, id. ib. 5, 12: [[negotium]] facessere alicui, to [[give]] one [[trouble]], id. Fam. 3, 10, 1: [[negotium]] exhibere alicui, id. Off. 3, 31, 112: facere innocenti, Quint. 5, 12, 13: [[nihil]] est negotii libertatem recuperare, Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1: [[Cato]] Siciliam [[tenere]] nullo negotio potuit, id. Att. 10, 16, 3; id. Fam. 2, 10, 2: non minori negotio, id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 175: [[quid]] negotii est haec poëtarum, portenta convincere? id. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: facili negotio, [[with]] [[little]] [[trouble]] ([[post]]-[[class]].), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 38; cf.: levi negotio, Amm. 20, 10, 2 al.: magno negotio, Cels. 7, 5 init.; Auct. B. Aiex. 8, 4: [[plus]] negotii est, si [[acutus]] [[quoque]] [[morbus]] is [[factus]] est, Cels. 4, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.