(adjective) : nĕgōtĭōsus (nĕgōc-), a, um, negotium
* 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.
* Transf., troublesome: edepol, rem negotiosam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 32.

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