trade Copy link Outline 1. mercātūra2. commercium (commercial intercourse)3. mercātus, ūs4. nĕgōtium, nĕgōtia, pl. (of money-lenders) • trade: 1. mercātūra: wholesale t., m. magna et copiosa, Cic. Off. 1, 42., 151: retail t., m. tenuis, ib. 2. commercium (commercial intercourse): Sall. Jug. 18, 6: they first carried on a t. in frankincense, c. thuris primi fecere, Plin. 12, 14, 30. 3. mercātus, ūs: Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 6: v. traffic. 4. nĕgōtium, nĕgōtia, pl. (of money-lenders): v. business. Phr.: I am in business and driving a thriving t., rem gero et lucrum facio, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 34: to carry on a t. in anything, vendo, vendito (v. sell): free t., *liberum commercium: whither all used to resort for purposes of t., quo omnes cum mercibus commeabant, Cic. Manil. 18, fin.: merchants carry on t. with them, ad eos mercatores commeant, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: v. traffic. T. (opp. to a profession), sordida ars, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150. T.-*mark, *nota mercibus impressa.