nĕgōtĭōsus — Lewis & Short
nĕgōtĭōsus (nĕgōc-), a, um, adj.negotium,
I full of business, busy (class.):
negotiosi eramus nos nostris negotiis,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 79:
provincia negotiosa et molesta,Cic. Mur. 8, 18:
prudentissimus quisque maxime negotiosus erat,the busiest, most occupied, Sall. C. 8, 5:
quid crudelitate negotiosius,Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4:
vir negotiosissimus,Aug. Ep. 54:
circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,attention to business, Cels. 2, 25:
negotiosi dies,business days, working days, Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.—Comically, transf.: tergum, a back on which business is performed, i. e. which receives a drubbing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 37.—
II Transf., troublesome: edepol, rem negotiosam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 32.