adfīnis

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af-fīnis (better adf-), e, adj. (abl. adfini, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66;

once adfine,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. 222).

Lit., that is neighboring or a neighbor to one (ADFINES: in agris vicini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.), bordering on, adjacent, contiguous:

gens adfinis Mauris, = confinis,

Liv. 28, 17:

saevisque adfinis Sarmata Moschis,

Luc. 1, 430; also, near by family relationship, allied or related to by marriage, kêdesteis; and subst., a relation by marriage (opp. consanguinei, sungeneis), as explained by Modestin. Dig. 38, 10, 4:

adfines dicuntur viri et uxoris cognati. Adfinium autem nomina sunt socer, socrus, gener, nurus, noverca, vitricus, privignus, privigna, glos, levir, etc.: ego ut essem adfinis tibi, tuam petii gnatam, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. numero, p. 170 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): Megadorus meus adfinis,

my son-in-law, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63:

tu me, adfinem tuum, repulisti,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 7: ex tam multis cognatis et adfinibus, id. Clu. 14; id. ad Quir. 5:

Caesarem ejus adfinem esse audiebant, Auct. B. Afr. 32: quanto plus propinquorum, quo major adfinium numerus,

Tac. G. 20, 9:

per propinquos et adfines suos,

Suet. Caes. 1:

adfinia vincula,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 9.—

Fig., partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with; constr. with dat. or gen.; in Pac. with ad: qui sese adfines esse ad causandum volunt, Pac.ap.Non. 89, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 80 Rib.):

publicis negotiis adfinis, i. e. implicitus, particeps,

taking part in, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 1:

duos solos video adfines et turpitudini judicari,

Cic. Clu. 45:

huic facinori,

id. Cat. 4, 3:

culpae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Inv. 2, 44, 129; 2, 10:

noxae,

Liv. 39, 14.

af-fīnis (better adf-), e, adj. (abl. adfini, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66;

once adfine,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. 222).

Lit., that is neighboring or a neighbor to one (ADFINES: in agris vicini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.), bordering on, adjacent, contiguous:

gens adfinis Mauris, = confinis,

Liv. 28, 17:

saevisque adfinis Sarmata Moschis,

Luc. 1, 430; also, near by family relationship, allied or related to by marriage, kêdesteis; and subst., a relation by marriage (opp. consanguinei, sungeneis), as explained by Modestin. Dig. 38, 10, 4:

adfines dicuntur viri et uxoris cognati. Adfinium autem nomina sunt socer, socrus, gener, nurus, noverca, vitricus, privignus, privigna, glos, levir, etc.: ego ut essem adfinis tibi, tuam petii gnatam, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. numero, p. 170 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): Megadorus meus adfinis,

my son-in-law, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63:

tu me, adfinem tuum, repulisti,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 7: ex tam multis cognatis et adfinibus, id. Clu. 14; id. ad Quir. 5:

Caesarem ejus adfinem esse audiebant, Auct. B. Afr. 32: quanto plus propinquorum, quo major adfinium numerus,

Tac. G. 20, 9:

per propinquos et adfines suos,

Suet. Caes. 1:

adfinia vincula,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 9.—

Fig., partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with; constr. with dat. or gen.; in Pac. with ad: qui sese adfines esse ad causandum volunt, Pac.ap.Non. 89, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 80 Rib.):

publicis negotiis adfinis, i. e. implicitus, particeps,

taking part in, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 1:

duos solos video adfines et turpitudini judicari,

Cic. Clu. 45:

huic facinori,

id. Cat. 4, 3:

culpae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Inv. 2, 44, 129; 2, 10:

noxae,

Liv. 39, 14.

affīnĭtas ( adf-), ātis, f. [affinis] ( gen. plur. adfinitatium, Just. 17, 3), the state or condition of adfinis.

Relationship or alliance by marriage, esp. between a father and son-in-law, Ter. And. 1, 5, 12 Ruhnk. (cf. affinis):

adstringere inter aliquos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73:

effugere,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 12; so id. Hec. 4, 4, 101:

caritas generis humani serpit sensim foras, cognationibus primum, tum adfinitatibus, deinde amicitiis, post vicinitatibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 68:

adfinitate se devincire cum aliquo,

id. Brut. 26:

cum aliquo adfinitate conjungi,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

in adfinitatem alicujus pervenire,

id. Att. 19, 1:

contrahere,

Vell. 2, 44:

facere inter aliquos,

id. 2, 65:

jungere cum aliquo,

Liv. 1, 1:

adfinitate conjunctus,

allied by marriage, Suet. Ner. 35:

in adfinitatis jura succedit,

Just. 7, 3.— Meton., the persons so related, like kindred in Engl.:

patriam deseras, cognatos, adfinitatem, amicos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75.—

Fig., relationship, affinity, union, connection (rare), Varr. R. R. 1, 16:

litterarum,

Quint. 1, 6, 24: per adfinitatem litterarum, qui phôr Graece, Latine fur est, Gell. 1, 18, 5:

tanta est adfinitas corporibus hominum mentibusque,

id. 4, 13, 4.

affīnĭtas ( adf-), ātis, f. [affinis] ( gen. plur. adfinitatium, Just. 17, 3), the state or condition of adfinis.

Relationship or alliance by marriage, esp. between a father and son-in-law, Ter. And. 1, 5, 12 Ruhnk. (cf. affinis):

adstringere inter aliquos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73:

effugere,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 12; so id. Hec. 4, 4, 101:

caritas generis humani serpit sensim foras, cognationibus primum, tum adfinitatibus, deinde amicitiis, post vicinitatibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 68:

adfinitate se devincire cum aliquo,

id. Brut. 26:

cum aliquo adfinitate conjungi,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

in adfinitatem alicujus pervenire,

id. Att. 19, 1:

contrahere,

Vell. 2, 44:

facere inter aliquos,

id. 2, 65:

jungere cum aliquo,

Liv. 1, 1:

adfinitate conjunctus,

allied by marriage, Suet. Ner. 35:

in adfinitatis jura succedit,

Just. 7, 3.— Meton., the persons so related, like kindred in Engl.:

patriam deseras, cognatos, adfinitatem, amicos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75.—

Fig., relationship, affinity, union, connection (rare), Varr. R. R. 1, 16:

litterarum,

Quint. 1, 6, 24: per adfinitatem litterarum, qui phôr Graece, Latine fur est, Gell. 1, 18, 5:

tanta est adfinitas corporibus hominum mentibusque,

id. 4, 13, 4.

nĕgōtĭum ( nĕgōcĭum), ii, n. [necotium; cf.: negotium, quod non sit otium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne], a business, employment, occupation, affair (cf. munus).

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.—

Transf.

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.—

Like the Gr. pragma, 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 to pragma, 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.

nĕgōtĭum ( nĕgōcĭum), ii, n. [necotium; cf.: negotium, quod non sit otium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne], a business, employment, occupation, affair (cf. munus).

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.—

Transf.

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.—

Like the Gr. pragma, 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 to pragma, 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.