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1 negotium
employment, business, task, occupation, pains. -
2 ministerium
ministerium ī, n [minister], an office, attendance, service, ministry, occupation, work, labor, employment, administration: adsuetos ministeriis talium facinorum, L.: aquila velut ministerio missa, L.: diurna, O.: foeda, V.: Verna ministeriis aptus, H.— A train, body of helpers: scribarum, L.* * *Ioffice, attendance, service, employment, body of helpers; occupation, workII -
3 occupātiō
occupātiō ōnis, f [occupo], a taking possession, occupying, seizure: fori: vetus.—A business, employment, occupation: publicae, Cs.: maximis occupationibus distinebar: ab omni occupatione se expedire: occupationes rei p., state affairs, Cs.: tantularum rerum occupationes, such trivial employments, Cs.* * *occupation, employment -
4 dignitas
dignĭtas, ātis ( gen. plur. dignitatum, Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 1; Plaut. Ep. 9, 5, 3; Vop. Florian. 6, 2:I.-tatium,
Sen. Polyb. 17, 2), f. [dignus].Lit., a being worthy, worth, worthiness, merit, desert (so, rarely, and perh. only in Cic.):II.Lamia petit praeturam: omnesque intelligunt nec dignitatem ei deesse nec gratiam,
Cic. Fam. 11, 17; id. Agr. [p. 578] 2, 2, 3:dignitas consularis,
a being worthy of the office of consul, id. Mur. 13:pro dignitate laudare,
id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.Meton. (the cause for the effect), dignity, greatness, grandeur, authority, rank (cf. honos, honestas, laus, existimatio, gloria, fama, nomen).A.In gen.: mihi gratulabere, quod audisses me pristinam meam dignitatem obtinere. Ego autem, si dignitas est bene de re publica sentire, obtineo dignitatem meam;B.sin autem in eo dignitas est, si, quod sentias, re efficere possis, ne vestigium quidem ullum est reliquum nobis dignitatis,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 1;dignitas (est) alicujus honesta et cultu et honore et verecundia digna auctoritas,
id. Inv. 2, 55, 156: cum pulchritudinis duo genera sint, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas;venustatem muliebrem ducere debemus, dignitatem virilem,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130:formae,
id. ib.; Suet. Claud. 30: corporis, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 2; cf. also Cic. Inv. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 29; Plin. Pan. 4, 5:agere cum dignitate ac venustate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142:personarum dignitas,
id. ib. §141: retinere in rebus asperis dignitatem,
id. ib. 2, 85, 346:in senatu conservanda auctoritas, apud populum dignitas,
Quint. 11, 3, 153 et saep.:celsissima sedes dignitatis atque honoris,
Cic. Sull. 2, 5:ex tam alto dignitatis gradu,
id. Lael. 3 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 27 (twice):est in ipsis (liberis populis) magnus delectus hominum et dignitatum,
id. ib. 1, 34:aliquem ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perducere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:aliquem dignitate exaequare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 4:ut secundum locum dignitatis Remi obtinerent,
id. B. G. 6, 12 fin.; 4, 17, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 1; 7, 66, 5; 7, 77, 6; id. B. C. 1, 9, 2 et saep.—In partic.(α).Official dignity, honorable employment, office:(β).gratulor laetorque tum praesenti tum etiam sperata tua dignitate,
Cic. Fam. 2, 9; id. ap. Quint. 7, 3, 35; cf. in plur., Plin. 21, 7, 21, § 44; id. Pan. 61, 2 al.—Men holding high office, men in honorable employment:C.cum dignitates abessent,
Liv. 22, 40, 4; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 67.—Transf., of inanimate things, worth, value, excellence:opsonii,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 23:praeclara et plena dignitatis domus,
Cic. Off. 1, 39; cf.porticus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; id. de Or. 3, 46, 180:portus, urbis,
Nep. Them. 6:loci,
Suet. Calig. 41 al.:dignitas, quae est in latitudine pectoris,
Quint. 11, 3, 141:verborum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; Quint. 11, 3, 46; cf. id. 8, 3, 24:debita rerum,
id. 12, 1, 8; cf. id. 8, 3, 38:subsequendi,
id. 12, 11, 28:cum dignitate actionis,
id. 5, 10, 54 al. -
5 militia
mīlĭtĭa, ae (-āi, Lucr. 1, 29), f. [id.], military service, warfare, war.I.Lit.:B.in militiae disciplinam profectus est,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:militiam subterfugere,
id. Off. 3, 26, 97:ferre,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 55:tolerare,
Verg. A. 8, 516:munus militiae sustinere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 18:militiae vacatio,
exemption from military service, id. ib. 6, 14:militiae magna scientia,
Sall. J. 63, 2:militiam discere,
id. C. 7, 4:praeclara,
Vell. 2, 5, 1:Pompeii,
id. 2, 40, 1:adversus Graecos,
Just. 20, 1, 3:lentas militias,
Tib. 1, 3, 82:Cimbrica Teutonicaque,
Vell. 2, 120, 1:militiae honorem,
military honors, Juv. 7, 88.—Esp.1.Abl. militiā, in war, opp. togā, in peace, Juv. 10, 9.—2.Gen. militiae, in military service, or on a campaign, in the field; freq. in phrase: domi militiaeque, at home and abroad, at home and with the army:C.quorum virtus fuerat domi militiaeque cognita,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.:et domi et militiae,
id. de Or. 3, 33, 134:militiae domique,
Liv. 7, 32:militiae et domi,
Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 49.—Also without domi, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Sall. J. 84, 2; Tac. H. 2, 5.—Trop., of love:II.at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50;so of an inattentive lover: pro infrequente eum mittat militiā domum,
id. Truc. 2, 1, 19.—Transf.A.Military spirit, courage, bravery:B.virilis militiae uxor,
Flor. 4, 5.—Concr., the soldiery, military (syn.:C.milites, exercitus, copiae): hic pars militiae, dux erat ille ducum,
Ov. H. 8, 46:Romanae militiae decus,
Val. Max. 1, 6, 11:cum omni militiā interficitur,
Just. 32, 2, 2; Plin. 4, 14, 27, § 97:qua (lex) maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat,
Liv. 4, 26, 3: magister militiae, general, id. 22, 23, 2:caelestis,
Vulg. Luc. 2, 13.—So trop.:militia caeli,
i. e. the heavenly bodies, Vulg. Act. 7, 42; id. Deut. 17, 3.—A civil service, office, profession, employment, esp. a laborious one:D.hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, etc.,
Cic. Mur. 9, 19:haec mea militia est,
Ov. F. 2, 9.—Of swallows building their nests:eaque militia illis cum anno redit semper,
Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 95.—Any special work of difficulty, requiring a great effort:E.completa est militia ejus,
Vulg. Isa. 40, 2:arma militiae nostrae non carnalia,
id. 2 Cor. 10, 4:bona,
id. 1 Tim. 1, 18.—Under the emperors (like miles), an office or employment at court, Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25. -
6 ab-lēgō
ab-lēgō āvī, ātus, āre, to send off, send out of the way, banish, send into exile: aliquo mihist hinc ablegandus, T.: ab urbe, L.: a fratris adventu me ablegat, i. e. prevents me from being present: magna pars ablegati, were got rid of, L.; (with sup acc.): pueros venatum, L.—Esp., to dismiss (from office or employment): honestos homines: consilium. -
7 adversiō
adversiō ōnis, f [adverto], direction, employment: animi.* * *turning/directing (one thing towards another) -
8 artificium
artificium ī, n [artifex], a profession, trade, employment, art: tenue: opera atque artificia, Cs. —Theory, system: de iure.—Skill, knowledge, ingenuity: singulare: gubernatoris, Cs.—Art, craft, cunning, artifice, trick: alqm artificio pervertere: vicisse artificio, Cs.: simulationis. — A work of art: artifici cupidus: haec opera atque artificia.* * *art/craft/trade; skill/talent/craftsmanship; art work; method/trick; technology -
9 auctōrāmentum
auctōrāmentum ī, n [auctoro], earnest money (late).—Fig., a pledge, guaranty: servitutis.* * *wages, pay, fee; reward; terms of employment (esp. gladiators), contract -
10 causa (caussa)
causa (caussa) ae, f [1 CAV-], a cause, reason, motive, inducement, occasion, opportunity: te causae inpellebant leves, T.: obscura: accedit illa quoque causa: causa, quam ob rem, etc., T.: satis esse causa, quā re, etc., Cs.: si causa nulla est, cur, etc.: causa quod, etc.: ea est causa, ut cloacae subeant, etc., L.: quid causae est quin: nulla causa est quin: causa quo minus, S.: is, qui causa mortis fuit: morbi, V.: nos causa belli sumus, L.: rerum cognoscere causas, V.: Vera obiurgandi causa, T.—Poet.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit (i. e. culparum causa fuit), V.: consurgere in arma, V.: quae rebus sit causa novandis, V.: meo subscribi causa sepulchro, i. e. of my death, O. — In phrases: cum causā, with good reason: sine causā, without good reason: sine ullā apertā causā: his de causis, Cs.: quā de causā: quā ex causa: eā causā, S.: ob eam causam, Cs.: ob eam ipsam causam: quam ob causam, N.: propter eam quam dixi causam: in causā haec sunt, are responsible: vim morbi in causā esse, quo, etc., L.: non paucitatem... causae fuisse cogitabant, to have been the cause, Cs.—Esp., abl. with gen. or possess. adj., on account of, for the sake of: alqm honoris causā nominare, with due respect: omnium nostrum causā: vitandae suspitionis causā: meā causā, T.: meāpte causā, T.: vestrā reique p. causā: vestrarum sedum templorumque causā; cf. quod illi semper sui causā fecerant: additur illius hoc iam causā, quicum agitur.—Meton., an apology, excuse: non causam dico quin ferat, etc., T.: causas nequiquam nectis inanīs, V.—Poet.: Et geminas, causam lacrimis, sacraverat aras, i. e. a place to weep, V.—A feigned cause, pretext, pretence: fingit causas ne det, T.: morae causas facere, reasons for the delay, S.: causas innecte morandi, V.: inferre causam, Cs.: bellandi, N.: per causam exercendorum remigum, under the pretext, Cs.: per causam renovati belli, L.: gratiam per hanc causam conciliare.—In law, a cause, judicial process, lawsuit: causam agere: publicam dicere: proferre: perdere: tenere, O.: causae actor accessi: causam dicere, to defend (oneself or as advocate): linguam causis acuere, for pleading, H.: extra causam esse, not to the point: plura extra causam dixisse: atque peracta est causa prior, i. e. the hearing before the decision, O.—A side, party, faction, cause: condemnare causam illam: et causam et hominem probare, Cs.: publica, the common weal, O.—A relation of friendship, connection: omnes causae et necessitudines veteres: quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare. —A condition, state, situation, relation, position: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri, etc.: in eādem causā fuerunt, Cs.: in meliore causā. — A commission, business undertaken, employment: cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret: super tali causā eodem missi, N.—In rhet., a concrete question, case for discussion. -
11 industria
industria ae, f [industrius], diligence, activity, assiduity, industry, zeal: poëtae ad scribendum, T.: ingenium industriā alitur: naturam industriā vincere, S.: in scribendo tantum industriae ponam, pains: magna, N.: illi numquam super industriam fortuna fuit, surpassed his assiduity, S.: maxima, the noblest employment, S.: novis industrius honores mandare, i. e. services rendered by men of obscure origin.—Esp. abl., usu. with de or ex, diligently, assiduously, deliberately, on purpose, purposely, intentionally: de industriā in odium inruere: ex industriā, L.: onus ferre industriā.* * *I IIdiligence, industry -
12 mīlitia
mīlitia ae, f [miles], military service, warfare, war: cogere ad militiam eos, S.: cedat otium militiae: militiam discere, S.: ferre, H.: tolerare, V.: detrectare, O.: militiae vacatio, exemption from military service, Cs.: fraterna, civil war, Tb.: Militiā tali lacessere Teucros, V.: piae Pars sis militiae, share in, O.: militiae honorem, military honors, Iu.: militiā, in war (opp. togā), Iu.: militiae, in war, in the army.—In phrases with domi, at home and abroad, at home and in the army: virtus domi militiaeque cognita: militiae domique, L.: militiae et domi, T.— The soldiery, military: Hic pars militiae, O.: magister militiae, general, L.— A service, laborious employment: urbana respondendi, scribendi, etc.: Haec mea militia est, O.* * *military service; campaign -
13 mūnus
mūnus eris, n [2 MV-], a service, office, post, employment, function, duty: administrare, T.: rei p., public office: munera belli partiri, L.: de iure respondendi sustinere: vigiliarum obire, to perform, L.: offici, performance: principum est resistere levitati multitudinis: militiae, Cs.: sine munere vestro, help, O.— A duty, burden, tribute: munus imponebatur grave civitati: munere vacare, L.— A work: maiorum vigiliarum: solitudinis, a book written in solitude.—A service, favor, kindness: infinitis cum muneribus.— The last service, burial: pro hominis dignitate amplo munere extulit, N.: cineri haec mittite nostro Munera, V.— A present, gift: sine munere a me abire? T.: mittere homini munera: promissum, V.: munera Liberi, i. e. wine, H.: terrae, fruits, H.: Cereris, bread, O.: munere niveo lanae alqm fallere, inducement, V.: quem munere palpat Carus, i. e. a bribe, Iu.: Munera circo In medio, prizes, V.— A public show, spectacle, entertainment, exhibition, show of gladiators (given by magistrates): magnis muneribus datis, Cs.: plebem muneribus placare: aedilicium: munera nunc edunt, Iu.* * *service; duty, office, function; gift; tribute, offering; bribes (pl.) -
14 negōtium
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.* * *pain, trouble, annoyance, distress; work, business, activity, job -
15 officium
officium ī, n [for opificium, opus+2 FAC-], a service, kindness, favor, courtesy: pro recentibus Gallici belli officiis, help given in, Cs.: summo officio praeditus homo, exceedingly obliging: officio te certasse priorem, V.: Officiis dilecta suis, loved for her kindly services, O.—A ceremonial observance, ceremony, attendance: officium cras mihi peragendum, a ceremonial visit, Iu.: tempus per officiorum ambitum transigunt, Ta.—An obligatory service, obligation, duty, function, part, office: patris, T.: functus officio, L.: in deos hominesque fungi officiis, L.: a pueris nullo officio adsuefacti, Cs.: vita cum officio coniuncta: amicitiae: satisfacere officio, perform: officium suum deserere, neglect: de officio decedis: in officio manere, Cs.: offici neglegentior.—An official duty, service, employment, business, work: officia inter se partiuntur, Cs.: maritimum, naval service, Cs.: fama aucti officii, i. e. of extending his authority, Ta.—A sense of duty, dutifulness, conscience: quicquid in eum iudici officique contuleris: utrum apud eos officium valeret, Cs.* * *duty, obligation; kindness; service, office -
16 opus
opus eris, n [2 AP-], work, labor, toil: Quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, in doing your work, T.: grave Martis, military service, V.: (Graeci) opus quaerunt, seek (literary) employment: Sunt quibus unum opus est urbem celebrare, H.: magnum: dies Longa videtur opus debentibus, H.: naturā et opere munitus, art, Cs.—A product of labor, work, structure, public building, fortification: opere castrorum perfecto, Cs.: opus fieri (of a wall), N.: Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit: Regis opus (of a harbor), H.—A work, book, composition, essay: habeo opus magnum in manibus: Fac opus appareat: ultra Legem tendere opus, H.—Artistic work, workmanship, art: quarum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere: haec omnia antiquo opere.—A deed, action, achievement: Hoc virtutis opus, V.—Abl. in adverb. phrases, māgnō opere, tantō opere, quantō opere, see māgnōpere, tantōpere, quantōpere.—Rarely with nimio: haec opera Graecos homines nimio opere delectant, excessively.—A working, effect: opus meae bis sensit Telephus hastae, O.—The subject of work, stuff, material: Seu digitis subigebat opus, O.—Fig., in nom. and acc. in phrases with the verb sum, work, business, need, want, necessity: longius, quam quoad opus est, procedetur, than the occasion requires: Sic opus est, O.: quae bello opus erant, S.: dux nobis et auctor opus est, we need a leader: omnia, quae tibi essent opus: quod ipsi opus esse videretur, censere, expedient: quorsum est opus? what for? H.: quae curando volneri opus sunt, L.: magistratibus opus est, there is need of: Cognati, quīs te salvo est opus, to whom your safety is important, H.: haud mihi vitā Est opus hac, I have no business with, etc., H.: Plus scis quid facto opus est, what must be done, T.: tantum modo incepto opus est, to make a beginning, S.: maturato opus est, haste is necessary, L.: ita dictu opus est, I must say, T.: quanti argenti opus fuit, L.: quid opus est de Dionysio adfirmare?: dixit id consilium sciri non opus esse, inexpedient: nil opus est te Circumagi, H.* * *need; work; fortifications (pl.), worksopus est -- is useful, beneficial
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17 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 ADJidle; unemployed, unoccupied, at leisure; peaceful, disengaged, free of office -
18 prōvincia
prōvincia ae, f an office, duty, pursuit, charge, business, province: dura, T.: sibi provinciam depoposcit, ut me trucidaret.—A public office, appointment, charge, commission, administration, employment, command: urbana: cui classis provincia evenerat, L.: Aquilio Hernici provincia evenit, i. e. were assigned, L.: ut alteri consulum Italia bellumque cum Hannibale provincia esset, sphere of action, L.: quasi provincias atomis dare, methods of action.—Esp., the government of a territory outside of Italy by one who had served as magistrate in Rome, provincial government, territorial administration, command in the name of the Roman people: in quibus (locis) provinciam administras: numerum annorum provinciis prorogavit: provinciae rudis: provinciam deposuit, resigned: consularis, governed by an ex-consul.—A territory governed by a magistrate from Rome, province: Sicilia prima omnium provincia est appellata: provincia Syria: in provinciam cum imperio proficisci.* * *province; office; duty; command -
19 quaestus
quaestus ūs (old gen. quaestuis, T.; quaestī, T.), m a gaining, acquiring, gain, acquisition, profit, advantage: ad quaestūs pecuniae mercaturasque vis, Cs.: consequendi quaestūs studio: quaestus ac lucrum unius anni et unius agri: quibus fides, decus, omnia quaestui sunt, are venal, S.: quaestui habere rem p., to use public office for personal gain: iudicio abuti ad quaestum: pecuniam in quaestu relinquere, to let money at interest: hos quaestūs recipere: decumanorum nomine ad suos quaestūs esse abusum.—A way of making money, business, occupation, employment, trade: meretricius: de quaestibus, qui liberales habendi. —Of courtesans: quaestum corpore facere, L.: quaestum occipit, T.: in quaestu pro meretrice sedet, O.—Fig., gain, profit, advantage: qui sui quaestūs causā fictas suscitant sententias, Enn. ap. C.: nullum in eo facio quaestum.* * *gain, profit -
20 suprā
suprā praep. with acc. [1 supra].—Of place, above, over: exire supra terram: supra eum locum, Cs.: accubueram... et quidem supra me Atticus: saltu supra venabula fertur, V.: Lignum supra turba insilit, Ph.—In the phrase, supra caput, close, clinging, burdening, oppressing: dux hostium supra caput est<*> i. e. pressing on us, S.: ecce supra caput homo levis, i. e. annoying: mihi supra caput adstitit imber, close around me, V.—Of geographical position, above, beyond: supra Maeotīs paludes, Enn. ap. C.: supra Suessulam, L.—Fig., of time, before: paulo supra hanc memoriam, Cs.: supra septingentesimum annum, L.—Of number, over, above, beyond, more than: supra quattuor milia hominum, L.: trīs (cyathos) prohibet supra tangere, H.—Of quality or degree, above, beyond, superior to: ratio supra hominem: potentia, quae supra leges se esse velit: Humanam supra formam, Ph.: modum, L.: vires, H.: morem, V.— Prov.: Supra homines, supra ire deos pietate, i. e. to attain the highest degree, V.— Besides, in addition to: ad rebellionem supra belli Latini metum, L.—Of employment or office, over, in charge of: quos supra somnum habebat, watchers, Cu.* * *Ion top; more; above; before, formerlyIIabove, beyond; over; more than; in charge of, in authority over
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