noun · neutersecond declension
negōtium
negōtium n (genitive negōtiī or negōtī)
Classical[nɛˈɡoː.ti.ũː]Ecclesiastical[neˈɡɔt.t͡si.um]
№ 846 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- business, employment, occupation, affair
- figurativelydifficulty, pains, trouble, labor
Negotium exhibere alicui.
To give trouble to someone.Facili negotio.
With little trouble. - figurativelymatter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))
Quid est negotii?
What thing is it?
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
opus, rēs agenda; contrārium ōtiī.negōtium -ī n — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
opus, rēs agendanegōtium -ī (n) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | negōtium | negōtia |
| genitive | negōtiī negōtī | negōtiōrum |
| dative | negōtiō | negōtiīs |
| accusative | negōtium | negōtia |
| ablative | negōtiō | negōtiīs |
| vocative | negōtium | negōtia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- nullo negotio
- without any trouble.
- negotiis vacare
- to be free from business.
- negotium suscipere
- to undertake an affair.
- negotia agere, gerere
- to be occupied with business, busy.
- negotium obire, exsequi
- to execute, manage a business, undertaking.
- negotium obire or exsequi
- to be engaged upon a transaction, carry it out.
- negotium ad aliquem deferre
- to entrust a matter to a person; to commission.
- magnum negotium est c. Inf.
- it is a great undertaking to...
12 more phrases
- negotia habere (in Sicilia)
- to have commercial interests in Sicily.
- mandatum, negotium alicui dare
- to entrust a matter to a person; to commission.
- a negotiis publicis se removere
- to retire from public life.
- negotia publica (Off. 1. 20. 69)
- public affairs.
- negotium (rem) conficere, absolvere
- to settle, finish a transaction.
- negotii bene gerentes (Quint. 19. 62)
- good men of business.
- negotium conficere, expedire, transigere
- to arrange, settle a matter.
- negotium alicui facessere (Fam. 3. 10. 1)
- to give a person trouble, inconvenience him.
- homines negotii (always in sing.) gerentes
- business-men.
- gerendis negotiis orbatus (Fin. 5. 20. 57)
- banished from public life.
- contrahere rem or negotium cum aliquo (Cluent. 14. 41)
- to have business relations with some one.
- multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
- to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims.
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.
A. 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, Cic. 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.— 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
negōtium ī, n
nec+otium, a business, employment, occupation, affair : quid istic tibi negotist? T.: nihil habere negoti: forensia negotia: negotium municipi administrare: in negotio versari: ex negotio emergere: datum negotium est consulibus, ut, etc., L.: negotio desistere, Cs.: mirabar, quid hic negoti esset tibi, what business you have here , T.: negotiis amicorum intentus sua neglegere, interests , S.: nostrum otium negoti inopiā constitutum est, affairs of state : suum, private affairs : aes alienum negoti gerendi studio contractum, in trade : negoti gerentes, tradesmen : Bithyna negotia, H.— Difficulty, pains, trouble, labor : satis habeo negoti in sanandis volneribus: tibi negotium facessere, give trouble : refici magno negotio, Cs.: nullo negotio, i. e. easily : quid negoti est haec poëtarum . . . portenta convincere?— A matter, thing, affair : id quod negotium poscebat, the situation , S.: ineptum: Teucris illa lentum negotium, a slow affair .
Origins
From nec (“not”) + ōtium (“leisure”), perhaps a calque of Ancient Greek ἀσχολίᾱ (askholíā, “lack of leisure; business, occupation”), though if indeed a calque, it is strange that the Greek was not calqued as *in-ōtium instead.
Descendants
- Romaniannegoț
- Catalannegoci
- Englishnegotiate
- Frenchnégoce
- Italiannegozio
- Portuguesenegócio
- Spanishnegocio
- Asturiannegociu
- Dutchnegotie
- Franco-Provençalnègoço
In English words that came into English from negōtium
- negotiatenegōtiātus
- negotiationnegotiatio
- negotiatornegōtiātor
- negotiousnegotiosus
- negotiantnegōtior