business Copy link Outline I. Trade, calling1. ars, artis, f. (including all skilled work)2. artĭfĭcium (strictly the practice of an art; hence the craft itself)3. quaestus, ūs (applicable to any method of getting a living, creditable or discreditable)II. Occupation, affairs, concerns1. nĕgōtĭum2. res, rei, f. (i. e. matter3. In such phrases as it is my, your b., etc., expr. by neut. of possessive adj. or gen. of subs.4. rătio (i. e. reckoning, dealings with)5. occŭpātĭoIII. Right (of acting) • business: I. Trade, calling: 1. ars, artis, f. (including all skilled work): the b. of a shoemaker, ars sutrina, Plin.: the b. of a coppersmith, aeraria ars, Just.: all workmen are employed in a mean b., opifices omnes in sordida arte versantur, Cic. 2. artĭfĭcium (strictly the practice of an art; hence the craft itself): v. craft. 3. quaestus, ūs (applicable to any method of getting a living, creditable or discreditable): Cic. Off. 1, 42. II. Occupation, affairs, concerns: 1. nĕgōtĭum: forensic b., forensia n., Cic.: to manage the b. of a borough, n. municipii administrare, Cic.: to be engaged in b., versari in negotio, Cic.: to transact b., n. transigere, Cic.: we have finished our b., n. nostrum confecimus, Cic.: Caes.: I wondered what b. you had here, mirabar quid hic negotii esset tibi, Ter.: they carry on their b. at their ease, suum n. gerunt otiosi, Cic.: a good man of b., *vir negotii gerendi peritus. Dimin. nĕgōtĭŏlum, little or unimportant b.: Cic. 2. res, rei, f. (i. e. matter: q. v.): he undertakes the b., rem suscipit, Caes.: to transact b. with anyone, rem cum aliquo transigere, Cic.: I have b. with you, tecum mihi est res, Cic. 3. In such phrases as it is my, your b., etc., expr. by neut. of possessive adj. or gen. of subs.: as, it is your b. to see what is going on, tuum est videre quid agatur, Cic.: it is the b. of a good judge, est boni judicis, Cic. (v. L. G. § 266). 4. rătio (i. e. reckoning, dealings with): pecuniary b., numaria or aeraria r., Cic.: Messala undertook the b. of the forum and the law-court, fori judiciique rationem Messala suscepit, Cic. 5. occŭpātĭo: v. engagement, employment. Phr.: this is your duty, your b. (cf. supr. 3), tuum est hoc munus, tuae partes, Cic.: their b. was money-getting, in quaestu sunt versati, Cic.: one time for b., another for rest, aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi, Cic.: I have always made it my b. to keep out of wars, ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem, Cic.: what b. is it of his where you are? quid illius interest ubi sis? Cic.: what b. is that of yours, quid id refert tua? Pl.: letters on b., epistolae negotiales, Jul. Val.: b. days, negotiosi dies, Tac.: of legal b., dies fasti, Ov.: a genuine man of b., germanus negotiator, Cic. III. Right (of acting): only in certain colloquial phr., as, you had no b. to do so, *minime ita facere debuisti, etc.: v. ought, right.