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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 11 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• business:
    1. I. Trade, calling:
      1. 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. 2. artĭfĭcium (strictly the practice of an art; hence the craft itself): v. craft.
      3. 3. quaestus, ūs (applicable to any method of getting a living, creditable or discreditable): Cic. Off. 1, 42.
    2. II. Occupation, affairs, concerns:
      1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
    3. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• BUSINESS
1. Vid: BUSY.
2. occupatio (engagement): opus (the work): negotium; mercatura, mercatio (traffic): res (affair, concern): officium (one’s bounden business): munus (office, post): studium (eager application to something): cura (care for something): ministerium (service): it is the business (i. e., part) of one, est alicujus. For business’ sake, negotii gratia. Full of business, negotiosus, negotiorum plenus, negotiis implicatus: to be so, occupatissimum esse, multis negotiis (occupationibus) implicatum (distentum) esse. To do business, rem gerere (generally): negotiari (as a lender of money and buyer-up of corn): mercaturam facere (as a large merchant). To divide the business between them (of two consuls, legates. etc.), officia inter se partiri. To make a business of something, factitare, exercere aliquid. To do a good, bad business, bene, male rem gerere. To do a good deal of business, to have a good business (of a merchant), mercaturam facere non ignobilem. To be connected in business with anybody, ratione cum aliquo conjunctum esse. I have a business to settle with you, mihi est res tecum. What business have you here? quid tibi hic negotii est? Hoto is it with the business? quo loco res est?ut res se habet? ‘Tis my, your business, meum, tuum est. This is not my business, hoc non meum est, hae non meae sunt partes. To mind his own business, suum negotium gerere; res suas curare: others’ business, aliena negotia curare. To make anything one’s (principal) business, aliquid sibi studio habere (Ter.); omne studium conferre ad aliquid; omni cogitatione et cura incumbere in aliquid; onmi contentione elaborare, summa ope niti, or eniti et contendere (these three with ut). To find one business (figuratively), negotium alicui facessere; aliquem exercere. To the business in hand! ad rem! (to a speaker who is keeping off from the real point at issue). This is the true business of our lives, ad hoc praecipue nati sumus. I make it the business of my life to do good to others, id unum ago, ut quam plurimis bene faciain. This is the business of a life, hoc vitam omnem desiderat. He is the man to do your business, hunc ipsum requirebas. A man of business, homo ad res gerendas natus; negotiis tractandis idoneus.