nĕ-gōtĭans

nĕgōtĭor ( nĕgōc-), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [id.], to carry on business, esp. a wholesale business or the banking business.

Lit.:

cum se Syracusas otiandi, non negotiandi causā contulisset,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58:

Curius qui Patris negotiatur,

id. Fam. 13, 17, 1; Sall. C. 40, 2:

quibus mercibus negotiatur aliquis,

Gai. Inst. 4, 74.—

Transf., in gen., to trade, traffic:

negotiandi causā,

Liv. 33, 29, 4; Col. praef. 12.—

To gain by traffic (eccl. Lat.):

quantum negotiatus esset,

Vulg. Luc. 19, 15.—

Trop.

To deal, traffic:

animā statim nostrā negotiari,

to traffic with our lives, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.—

To engage in business:

circumspiciebam in quod me mare negotiaturus immitterem,

Sen. Ep. 119, 5.—Hence, nĕ-gōtĭans, antis, P. a.—As subst.

A wholesale dealer, trader, banker, business man:

negavi me cuipiam negotianti dare (praefecturam),

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 10.—

In gen., a dealer, tradesman:

MATERIARIVS,

Inscr. Fabr. 655, n. 476:

SALSAMENTARIVS ET VINARIARIVS,

Inscr. Orell. 4249.— Plur.:

aratores ac negotiantes,

Suet. Aug. 42:

negotiantes in basilicā,

Vitr. 5, 1, 8: NEGOTIANTES VINI ARIMINENSES, Inscr. Rein. c. 3, n. 88 (a. p. Chr. n. 251).

nĕgōtĭor ( nĕgōc-), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [id.], to carry on business, esp. a wholesale business or the banking business.

Lit.:

cum se Syracusas otiandi, non negotiandi causā contulisset,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58:

Curius qui Patris negotiatur,

id. Fam. 13, 17, 1; Sall. C. 40, 2:

quibus mercibus negotiatur aliquis,

Gai. Inst. 4, 74.—

Transf., in gen., to trade, traffic:

negotiandi causā,

Liv. 33, 29, 4; Col. praef. 12.—

To gain by traffic (eccl. Lat.):

quantum negotiatus esset,

Vulg. Luc. 19, 15.—

Trop.

To deal, traffic:

animā statim nostrā negotiari,

to traffic with our lives, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.—

To engage in business:

circumspiciebam in quod me mare negotiaturus immitterem,

Sen. Ep. 119, 5.—Hence, nĕ-gōtĭans, antis, P. a.—As subst.

A wholesale dealer, trader, banker, business man:

negavi me cuipiam negotianti dare (praefecturam),

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 10.—

In gen., a dealer, tradesman:

MATERIARIVS,

Inscr. Fabr. 655, n. 476:

SALSAMENTARIVS ET VINARIARIVS,

Inscr. Orell. 4249.— Plur.:

aratores ac negotiantes,

Suet. Aug. 42:

negotiantes in basilicā,

Vitr. 5, 1, 8: NEGOTIANTES VINI ARIMINENSES, Inscr. Rein. c. 3, n. 88 (a. p. Chr. n. 251).