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negotium.

business, employment, occupation, affair

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[nɛˈɡoː.ti.ũː]Classical-Latin[neˈɡɔt.t͡si.um]
  1. business, employment, occupation, affair

    declension-2
  2. difficulty, pains, trouble, labor

    declension-2 · figuratively
    Negotium exhibere alicui.
    Facili negotio.
  3. matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))

    declension-2 · figuratively
    Quid est negotii?
Where this word comes from

From nec (“not”) + ōtium (“leisure”), perhaps a calque of Ancient Greek ἀσχολίᾱ (askholíā, “lack of leisure; business, occupation”), though if indeed a calque, it is strange that the Greek was not calqued as *in-ōtium instead.

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