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  • 1 не интересоваться (каким-л.) делом

    General subject: be unconcerned with a business

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  • 2 не интересоваться каким-л. делом

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  • 3 не интересоваться делом

    General subject: (каким-л.) be unconcerned with a business

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  • 4 verstehen

    verstehen v GEN understand
    * * *
    v < Geschäft> understand
    * * *
    verstehen, sein Geschäft
    to know one's onions (oil, oats);
    von einem Geschäft nichts verstehen to be unconcerned with a business.

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  • 5 sein Geschäft

    verstehen, sein Geschäft
    to know one's onions (oil, oats);
    von einem Geschäft nichts verstehen to be unconcerned with a business.

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  • 6 von einem Geschäft nichts verstehen

    von einem Geschäft nichts verstehen
    to be unconcerned with a business.

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  • 7 Д-108

    КАКОЕ (ЧТО ЗА) ДЕЛО кому (до кого-чего) coll VP subj. with быть» these forms only var. with что за is usu. pres fixed WO
    sth. has absolutely no bearing on s.o. 's life or affairs, and s.o. is entirely unconcerned about and indifferent to it: какое X-y дело до Y-a? - what has thing Y (it) got to do with X?
    what business is it of XV? what does X care (about Y)? Y is (that's) no concern of X's thing Y is of no concern to X why should it concern X? what's it to X?
    ii кому какое дело до Y-a? - who cares about Y? (Михаил:) Рабочие каждый праздник бьют друг друга по зубам, - какое нам до этого дело? (Горький 1). (М.:) Every holiday the workers go around bashing each other on the jaw - what's it got to do with us? (1b).
    «Хорошо, смейтесь, да ведь государство погибнет без правительства». - «А мне что за дело!» (Герцен 3). "All right: laugh, but the State will perish, you know, without a government." "And what business is that of mine?" (3a).
    Какое ему было дело до этого дурацкого портфеля, до этого брошенного родителями мальчишки, племянника жены... (Айтматов 1). What did he care about a stupid briefcase, about his wife's nephew, a kid abandoned by his parents... (1b).
    Что сталось с старухой и с бедным слепым - не знаю. Да и какое дело мне до радостей и бедствий человеческих... (Лермонтов 1). I've по idea what became of the old woman and the poor blind boy. And anyway, the joys and tribulations of mankind are of no concern to me... (1 c).
    ... Во всём виновата Зоя... если бы не она, я бы и думать не стал об этом проклятом Дне убийств. Какое мне дело до него? (Аржак 1)....It was all Zoya's fault. If it hadn't been for her I wouldn't have given that damned Murder Day a second thought. Why should it concern me? (1a).
    И какое им (этой гордой знати) дело, есть ли ум под нумерованной фуражкой и сердце под толстой шинелью?» (Лермонтов 1). "What is it to them (these haughty aristocrats) if there is an intellect under a numbered cap and a heart beneath a thick greatcoat?" (1b).
    Кому какое дело, привет- ливая или огрызающаяся улыбка играет у него на устах? (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Who cares whether the smile that plays on his lips is kindly or caustic? (2a).

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  • 8 какое дело

    [VPsubj with быть; these forms only; var. with что за is usu. pres; fixed WO]
    =====
    sth. has absolutely no bearing on s.o.'s life or affairs, and s.o. is entirely unconcerned about and indifferent to it:
    - какое X-у дело до Y-a? - what has thing Y (it) got to do with X?;
    - what business is it of X's?;
    - what does X care (about Y)?;
    - why should it concern X?;
    - whaft it to X?;
         ♦ [Михаил:] Рабочие каждый праздник бьют друг друга по зубам, - какое нам до этого дело? (Горький 1). [М.:] Every holiday the workers go around bashing each other on the jaw - what's it got to do with us? (1b).
         ♦ "Хорошо, смейтесь, да ведь государство погибнет без правительства". - "А мне что за дело!" (Герцен 3). "All right: laugh; but the State will perish, you know, without a government." "And what business is that of mine?" (3a).
         ♦ Какое ему было дело до этого дурацкого портфеля, до этого брошенного родителями мальчишки, племянника жены... (Айтматов 1). What did he care about a stupid briefcase, about his wife's nephew, a kid abandoned by his parents... (1b).
         ♦ Что сталось с старухой и с бедным слепым - не знаю. Да и какое дело мне до радостей и бедствий человеческих... (Лермонтов 1). I've по idea what became of the old woman and the poor blind boy. And anyway, the joys and tribulations of mankind are of no concern to me... (1c).
         ♦... Во всём виновата Зоя... если бы не она, я бы и думать не стал об этом проклятом Дне убийств. Какое мне дело до него? (Аржак 1)....It was all Zoya's fault. If it hadn't been for her I wouldn't have given that damned Murder Day a second thought. Why should it concern me? (1a).
         ♦ "И какое им [этой гордой знати] дело, есть ли ум под нумерованной фуражкой и сердце под толстой шинелью?" (Лермонтов 1). "What is it to them [these haughty aristocrats] if there is an intellect under a numbered cap and a heart beneath a thick greatcoat?" (1b).
         ♦ Кому какое дело, приветливая или огрызающаяся улыбка играет у него на устах? (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Who cares whether the smile that plays on his lips is kindly or caustic? (2a).

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  • 9 что за дело

    [VPsubj with быть; these forms only; var. with что за is usu. pres; fixed WO]
    =====
    sth. has absolutely no bearing on s.o.'s life or affairs, and s.o. is entirely unconcerned about and indifferent to it:
    - какое X-у дело до Y-a? - what has thing Y (it) got to do with X?;
    - what business is it of X's?;
    - what does X care (about Y)?;
    - why should it concern X?;
    - whaft it to X?;
         ♦ [Михаил:] Рабочие каждый праздник бьют друг друга по зубам, - какое нам до этого дело? (Горький 1). [М.:] Every holiday the workers go around bashing each other on the jaw - what's it got to do with us? (1b).
         ♦ "Хорошо, смейтесь, да ведь государство погибнет без правительства". - "А мне что за дело!" (Герцен 3). "All right: laugh; but the State will perish, you know, without a government." "And what business is that of mine?" (3a).
         ♦ Какое ему было дело до этого дурацкого портфеля, до этого брошенного родителями мальчишки, племянника жены... (Айтматов 1). What did he care about a stupid briefcase, about his wife's nephew, a kid abandoned by his parents... (1b).
         ♦ Что сталось с старухой и с бедным слепым - не знаю. Да и какое дело мне до радостей и бедствий человеческих... (Лермонтов 1). I've по idea what became of the old woman and the poor blind boy. And anyway, the joys and tribulations of mankind are of no concern to me... (1c).
         ♦... Во всём виновата Зоя... если бы не она, я бы и думать не стал об этом проклятом Дне убийств. Какое мне дело до него? (Аржак 1)....It was all Zoya's fault. If it hadn't been for her I wouldn't have given that damned Murder Day a second thought. Why should it concern me? (1a).
         ♦ "И какое им [этой гордой знати] дело, есть ли ум под нумерованной фуражкой и сердце под толстой шинелью?" (Лермонтов 1). "What is it to them [these haughty aristocrats] if there is an intellect under a numbered cap and a heart beneath a thick greatcoat?" (1b).
         ♦ Кому какое дело, приветливая или огрызающаяся улыбка играет у него на устах? (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Who cares whether the smile that plays on his lips is kindly or caustic? (2a).

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  • 10 curo

    cūro (old orthog. COERO and COIRO, Inscr. Orell. 31; 560; 570:

    coeret, coerari, coerandi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. curassis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93; id. Ps. 1, 3, 3; id. Poen. 3, 1, 50; inf. pass. curarier, id. Capt. 3, 5, 79), v. a. [cura], to care for, take or have care of, to be solicitous for, to look or attend to, trouble one's self about, etc. (very freq. in every period and species of composition); constr. with the acc., the acc. with the gerundive, the inf. with ut, ne, the simple subj., the dat. or absol.
    I.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    curare omnia studiosissime ac diligentissime,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7; cf.:

    diligenter praeceptum,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 5:

    magna di curant, parva neglegunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 167:

    negotia aliena,

    id. Top. 17, 66; Hor. S. 2, 3, 19:

    mandatum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 7 init.:

    cenam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 11; cf.

    opsonium,

    id. Merc. 3, 3, 22:

    domum,

    to cleanse, Petr. 71, 7:

    vestimenta curare et polire,

    Dig. 47, 2, 12 pr.:

    funus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 81 Ruhnk.; cf.

    in this sense, cadaver,

    Suet. Ner. 49; and:

    Aegyptii jussi corpus Alexandri suo more curare,

    Curt. 10, 10, 13; in other connections, curare corpus means to nourish, take care of one's self, to refresh, invigorate one's self, Lucr. 2, 31; 5, 937:

    nunc corpora curare tempus est,

    Liv. 21, 54, 2; 3, 2, 10; 26, 48, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 22 al.;

    in the same sense, membra,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 81:

    cutem,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15:

    pelliculam,

    id. S. 2, 5, 38:

    se,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 1; Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. de Or. 3, 61, 230; cf.:

    se suamque aetatem,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

    virum,

    Tib. 1, 5, 33; and in part. perf.:

    curati cibo,

    Liv. 9, 37, 7:

    omnes vinoque et cibo curatos domos dimisit,

    id. 34, 16, 5: vineam, to tend, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; cf.

    apes,

    Col. 9, 14 et saep.:

    res rationesque eri,

    to superintend, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 32:

    pensa ac domos, of the women of the family,

    Mel. 1, 9, 6:

    sociorum injurias,

    Sall. J. 14, 19:

    sublimia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 5:

    preces (Diana),

    id. C. S. 71:

    prodigia,

    to endeavor to avert, ward off, Liv. 1, 20, 7 et saep.:

    munus te curaturum scio, Ut mittas mihi,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79; cf.:

    aquam mulsam prope ut sit,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 28:

    te multum amamus, quod ea (signa) abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,

    provided, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; cf.

    II. C. infra: ego illum cum curā magnā curabo tibi,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 7 and 9; so,

    aliquem,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 39; 5, 3, 9; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121: curatur a multis, timetur a pluribus, is courted (cf. therapeuein), Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 15 et saep.—With a negative: quos peperisti ne cures, be unconcerned, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 656; Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 50:

    alii, quasi corpus nullum sit hominis, ita praeter animum nihil curant,

    care for nothing except the mind, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:

    viri nihil perjuria curant (with nihil metuere),

    Cat. 64, 148:

    non ego istuc curo, qui sit, unde sit,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 95: alia cura, a conversational expression (lit. trouble yourself about something else;

    hence),

    do not trouble yourself, never mind, id. Mil. 3, 3, 55 and 60;

    and in like sense, aliud cura,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 5.—
    (β).
    With acc. and gerundive, to cause something to be done, to order, to urge on, etc. (in good prose and very freq.;

    predominant in Cæsar): pontem in Arari faciundum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    obsides inter eos dandos,

    id. ib. 1, 19; 3, 11;

    4, 29 et saep.: buculam faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    epistulam mihi referendam,

    id. Att. 8, 5, 1:

    fratrem interficiendum,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 4 al. —
    (γ).
    With part. perf pass.:

    inventum tibi curabo et mecum adductum Tuom Pamphilum,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 1.—
    (δ).
    With inf. (most freq. with a negative):

    ea nolui scribere, quae nec indocti intellegere possent, nec docti legere curarent,

    would take the trouble, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4;

    so negatively,

    id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Fam. 1, 9, 16; cf.:

    nihil Romae geritur, quod te putem scire curare,

    id. ib. 9, 10, 1; 3, 8, 7; Suet. Caes. 86; Hor. C. 2, 13, 39; id. Ep. 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 133; 297; Ov. M. 11, 370; 11, 682 et saep.—Affirmatively:

    si qui sunt, qui illud curent defendere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87:

    qui istas res scire curavit,

    id. Fl. 27, 64:

    mando tibi, uti cures lustrare,

    Cato, R. R. 141:

    aspice, si quid Et nos, quod cures proprium fecisse, loquamur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 5; 1, 16, 17; id. A. P. 35; 460 sq.; Suet. Dom. 20; id. Gram. 24.—
    (ε).
    With acc. and inf. pass.:

    neque vero haec inter se congruere possent, ut natura et procreari vellet et diligi procreatos non curaret,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 62:

    symbolos proponi et saxis proscribi curat,

    Just. 2, 12, 2; 3, 5, 12.—
    (ζ).
    With nom. and inf.:

    ego capitis mei periculo patriam liberavi, vos liberi sine periculo esse non curatis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66. —
    (η).
    With ut, ne, or a simple subj.:

    pater curabit ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25 sq.:

    si fecisset, se curaturam, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Quint. 4, 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 92.—So in concluding letters: cura ut valeas, take care of yourself, be careful of your health (for which da operam ut valeas, fac valeas, et al. sim.), Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 3; 7, 6, 2; 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6; 3, 8, 6; id. Att. 1, 5, 8; 2, 2, 3 et saep.:

    omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 3; Quint. 1, 1, 34; 2, 5, 24; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.:

    ne illa quidem curo mihi scribas, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

    jam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit,

    Phaedr. 5, 2, 6; Petr. 58, 2:

    curare uti Romae ne essent,

    Suet. Rhet. 1 init.
    (θ).
    With dat. (ante-and post-class.):

    illis curandum censeo,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 92; so, omnibus, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:

    rebus publicis,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 50:

    rebus alienis,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

    rebus meis,

    App. Mag. p. 297.—
    (ι).
    With quod:

    nam quod strabonus est, non curo,

    Petr. 68, 8.—
    (κ).
    With de:

    vides, quanto hoc diligentius curem quam aut de rumore aut de Pollione,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3.—
    (λ).
    Absol.:

    curasti probe,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 6; cf. Plant. Rud. 2, 3, 50: abi intro;

    ego hic curabo,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 49; id. Pers. 1, 3, 5:

    ubi quisque legatus aut tribunus curabat,

    commanded, Sall. J. 60, 1; cf.:

    in eā parte,

    id. ib. 60, 5:

    in postremo loco cum equitibus,

    id. ib. 46, 7.—
    (μ).
    Impers.:

    curabitur,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70; id. Men. 3, 3, 15; Ter. And. 2, 3, 29:

    curetur,

    id. Hec. 2, 2, 15. —
    2.
    Of things ( poet.):

    quae causa suscipienda curarit sollemnia sacra,

    Lucr. 5, 1163:

    nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 30; with ut, Lucr. 5, 1015; 3, 127; 6, 231 Lachm.; with ne:

    quod ne miremur sopor atque oblivia curant,

    id. 4, 826 (822).—
    II.
    In partic., t. t.
    A.
    In state affairs, to take the charge of, to manage the business of, to do a thing in behalf of the state, to administer, govern, preside over, command, etc.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    bellum maritimum curare,

    Liv. 7, 26, 10; so,

    Asiam,

    Tac. A. 4, 36:

    Achaiam,

    id. ib. 5, 10:

    superioris Germaniae legiones,

    id. ib. 6, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; cf.:

    duabus his artibus... se remque publicam curabant,

    Sall. C. 9, 3. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    Faesulanum in sinistrā parte curare jubet,

    Sall. C. 59, 3; cf. id. J. 46, 7:

    duo additi qui Romae curarent,

    Tac. A. 11, 22.—
    B.
    In medic. lang., to heal, cure.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    an quod corpora curari possint, animorum medicina nulla sit?

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; id. Clu. 14, 40:

    adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur,

    id. Sen. 19, 67; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5:

    aegrum,

    Liv. 5, 5, 12:

    quadrupedes,

    Quint. 2, 10, 6:

    aliquem frigidis,

    Suet. Aug. 81:

    aliquem radice vel herbā,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 151 et saep.: morbos, Cels. prooem.; Quint. 2, 3, 6; Curt. 5, 9, 3; 7, 1, 22:

    vulnus,

    Liv. 2, 17, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 84 et saep.:

    apparentia vitia,

    Quint. 12, 8, 10. —Rarely, to operate:

    qui ferrum medici prius quam curetur aspexit,

    Quint. 4, 5, 5. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    medicinae pars, quae manu curat,

    Cels. 7 praef.; so Quint. 2, 17, 39 al. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: cūrans, antis, m., = medicus, a physician:

    plurimi sub alterutro curantis errore moriuntur,

    Cels. 3, 8, 5.—Also cūrandus, i, m., the patient:

    nisi festinare curandi imbecillitas cogit,

    Col. 7, 2, 12.—
    b.
    Trop. (ironically):

    cum provinciam curarit, sanguinem miserit, mihi tradiderit enectam, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2:

    reduviam (corresp. with capiti mederi),

    id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—
    C.
    In mercantile lang., to take care of money matters, to adjust or settle, pay, etc.:

    (nummos) pro signis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; cf.:

    pecuniam pro eo frumento legatis,

    Liv. 44, 16, 2:

    dimidium pecuniae redemptori tuo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; id. Quint. 4, 15:

    me cui jussisset curaturum,

    that I would make payment according to his direction, id. Fam. 16, 9, 3.— Hence, cūrātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
    1.
    Earnest, anxious (post-Aug.):

    curatissimae preces,

    Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: interim me [p. 503] quidam... secreto curatoque sermone corripit, monet, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 10.—
    2.
    Taken care of, managed, attended to:

    boves curatiores,

    Cato, R. R. 103:

    sacra,

    Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

    nitida illa et curata vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 26.— Adv.: cūrātē, carefully, diligently; only in comp.:

    curatius disserere,

    Tac. A. 2, 27; 14, 21; 16, 22; Plin. Ep. 1, 1, 1.

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  • 11 otiosus

    ōtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [otium], at leisure, unoccupied, disengaged, unemployed, idle (class.; cf. feriatus, immunis; opp. negotiosus).
    I.
    Of persons.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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 [p. 1285] 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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    Of style, tedious, dull:

    (Cicero) lentus est in principiis, longus in narrationibus, otiosus circa excessus,

    Tac. Or. 22.—
    5.
    That has leisure for any thing; with gen.: studiorum otiosi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 6.—Hence,
    C.
    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.—
    2.
    Non-combatants, civilians:

    crudeliter enim otiosis minabantur,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3 (B. and K. otiosissimi):

    militare nomen grave inter otiosos,

    Tac. Agr. 40.—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    With a quiet or gentle motion, quiet, gentle:

    fons vel rivus huc conveniat otiosus,

    flowing quietly, gently, Pall. 1, 37, 3.—Hence, adv.: ōtĭōsē.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Free from fear, quietly, fearlessly:

    ademptum tibi jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis otiose ut dormias,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > otiosus

  • 12 œil

    n. m.
    1. Avoir quelqu'un a l'œil: To keep a close eye on someone. Je veux que vous m'ayez ce lascar à l'œil! Don't let that bugger out of your sight!
    2. Avoir quelqu'un dans l'œil (Racing and cycling slang): To see a fellow competitor forge ahead.
    3. L'avoir dans l'œil (fig.): To have been 'conned', 'diddled', to have been duped.
    4. Risquer un œil: To 'take a peep', to glance furtively at something.
    5. Se rincer l'œil: To 'feast one's eyes', to get a salacious eyeful.
    6. Pisser de l'œil (often of woman): To 'have the weepies', to 'turn on the waterworks', to cry.
    7. Ne dormir que d'un œil: To take a wary 'forty winks', to drift into a state of superficial sleep because danger is lurking.
    8. Ouvrir l'œil et le bon: To 'keep one's weather eye open', to keep a sharp lookout.
    9. Monter un œil à quelqu'un: To 'give someone a shiner', a black eye.
    11. Tourner de l'œil: To 'pass out', to faint.
    12. Etre frais comme l'œil (of person): To be (and look) as fresh as a daisy.
    13. Obéir au doigt et à l'œil'. To be hyperobedient (literally to jump to attention at the quiver of an eyebrow).
    14. Faire un œil de crapaud mort d'amour. To look 'spoony', to have a lovesick expression on one's face.
      a To make a deep impression on someone.
      b To 'click' with someone, to take someone's fancy.
    16. S'en battre l'œil: 'Not to care a rap about something', to be totally unconcerned.
    17. Mon œil! You must be joking! (This ironical interjection is usually accompanied by the pulling down with the index finger of the lower eyelid. This 'bodyspeak' gesture emphasizes the 'I'm not as gullible as you think' quality of the remark.)
    18. L'œil du bidet ( pol): 'Dick', private eye. (This pejorative appellation for a private detective reflects explicitly the snooping that constitutes a fair proportion of his business.)
    19. L'œil de bronze: The anus, the anal sphincter (where sodomous intercourse is concerned).

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > œil

  • 13 беспристрастный

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > беспристрастный

  • 14 равнодушие

    1) General subject: acedia, aloofness, apathy, cold bloodedness, cold-bloodedness, coldness, disinterest, fatigue, iciness, indifference (treat something with indifference - относиться к чему-либо равнодушно), inhumanity, nonchalance, noninvolvement, oscitation, pococuranteism, pococurantism, unconcern, unconcerned, disregard, lackadaisicalness, distance, unresponsiveness, lukewarmness
    2) Bookish: indifferentism
    4) Business: negligence

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > равнодушие

  • 15 ōtiōsus

        ōtiōsus adj. with sup.    [otium], at leisure, unoccupied, disengaged, unemployed, idle: maneo hic, T.: domi.—Without official employment, free from public affairs: vita: quem locum nos otiosi convertimus, in an interval of leisure: numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam cum otiosus, never busier than when free from official business: ad urbem te otiosissimum esse.—As subst, a private person, one not in official life: vita otiosorum.— Quiet, unconcerned, indifferent, neutral: spatium ab hoste, undisturbed, Cs.: non modo armatis, sed etiam otiosis minari.—Plur. as subst, non-combatants, civilians: crudeliter enim otiosisismi minabantur: militare nomen grave inter otiosos, Ta. —Without excitement, quiet, passionless, calm, tranquil: Animo otioso esse, T.: te venire Otiosum ab animo, at ease, T.: quibus odio est otium.— Of things, at leisure, free, idle, unemployed: otium: Neapolis, H.
    * * *
    otiosa -um, otiosior -or -us, otiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    idle; unemployed, unoccupied, at leisure; peaceful, disengaged, free of office

    Latin-English dictionary > ōtiōsus

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