negotiate Copy link Outline 1. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to treat about anything)2. collŏquor, lŏcūtus, 3 (to have an interview, confer • negotiate: 1. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to treat about anything): to n. with any one respecting anything, de aliqua re cum aliquo a., Caes. B. G. 1, 47, init.: so in pass., the points they had begun to n. about, quae res inter eos agi coeptae erant, ib.: Cic.: to expr. the absolute use of Eng., use de pace (de pacis conditionibus) a., cf. Liv. 30, 21, fin. (revocari C. Laelium placuit, ut coram eo de pace ageretur). 2. collŏquor, lŏcūtus, 3 (to have an interview, confer: not denoting formal treaty): cf. Liv. 30, 29, med., nuntium ad Scipionem misit, ut colloquendi secum potestatem faceret (would grant him an interview, at which negotiations might take place): also, Caes. B. G. 1, 43, Ariovistus ex equis ut colloqueretur postulavit. (Not conciliare pacem; which is to bring about a peace.) See also foll. art. Phr.. they sent ambassadors to n. concerning peace, legatos de pace mittunt, Liv. 2, 18, fin.