(P. a.) : 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.
* 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, —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).

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