Dictionary formnegotium, negotii(neuter)
Translation
business, affair; task; trouble
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | negotium | negotia |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | negotium | negotia |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | negotium | negotia |
| Genitiveof | negotii | negotiorum |
| Dativeto, for | negotio | negotiis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | negotio | negotiis |
Examples
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He conducted his business well.
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We know nothing about the affair.
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He did it without any trouble.
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He had many serious affairs on his hands.
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What business is it of yours?
Negotium, negotii, n., second declension, and its etymology is the definition: nec plus otium, "not leisure". Otium is the free time a Roman gentleman spends on reading, philosophy and his estate; negotium is everything that eats into it. So the word means business, a task, an affair, and by an easy slide the trouble the task causes - which is why sine negotio means "easily" and magno negotio means "with great difficulty".
The corpus writes negocio as often as negotio. That is a medieval spelling following a medieval pronunciation, not a separate word, and it should not be treated as one. Italian negozio is still a shop; English took negotiate and negotiable, both of which have kept the busy half and lost the tiresome one.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 4: negotium, albus, ductor and 6 more words.