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negotior

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Where it lives

Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
Pro Fonteio 1 · 2.2/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
Pro L. Flacco 2 · 1.83/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 1 · 1.5/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
In C. Verrem 10 · 1/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

nĕgōtĭor — Lewis & Short

nĕgōtĭor (nĕgōc-), ātus, 1,

I v. dep. n. and a. [id.], to carry on business, esp. a wholesale business or the banking business.

I 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.—

B Transf., in gen., to trade, traffic: negotiandi causā, Liv. 33, 29, 4; Col. praef. 12.—

C To gain by traffic (eccl. Lat.): quantum negotiatus esset, Vulg. Luc. 19, 15.—

II Trop. *

A To deal, traffic: animā statim nostrā negotiari, to traffic with our lives, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.—*

B To engage in business: circumspiciebam in quod me mare negotiaturus immitterem, Sen. Ep. 119, 5.—Hence, nĕ-gōtĭans, antis, P. a.—As subst.

A A wholesale dealer, trader, banker, business man: negavi me cuipiam negotianti dare (praefecturam), Cic. Att. 5, 21, 10.—

B 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).

In the wild

negotiantur Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.158
negotiaque Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 13.33.1
negotiari Ausonius, Epistularum 26.22
negotiantis Petronius, Satyricon 101
negotiabantur Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 p8
negotietur Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1.8.13

6 of 65 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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