negotiation Copy link Outline 1. expr. by ăgo, ēgi, actum, 32. collŏquium (an interview, for the purpose of n.)3. condĭtio (any stipulation; esp. for peace)4. pactio • negotiation: 1. expr. by ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: n.s for peace were carried on, de pace actum est, Liv. 2, 18, fin.: cf. preced. art. (1). 2. collŏquium (an interview, for the purpose of n.): he did not wish the (interview for) n. to be prevented on any pretext, neque colloquium interposita causa tolli volebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 42, sqq.: to break off the n.s, c. dirimere, ib. 46: to settle disputes by n., controversias per colloquia componere, id. B. C. 1, 9, extr. (Here colloquia implies less formality than conditiones: v. infr.): Liv.: v. conference. 3. condĭtio (any stipulation; esp. for peace): Caesar did not decline n. non respuit c. Caesar, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: to settle (anything) by n.s, conditionibus disceptare, Cic. Att. 8, 11, extr.: to lose time in n.s, tempus perferendis tractandisque conditionibus perdere (Kr.). Join: conditiones pactionesque bellicae, Cic. Off. 3, 29, fin. 4. pactio: v. stipulation. Phr.: the ambassadors were dismissed and n.s broken off, legati pace infecta dimissi, Liv. 30, 23, extr.