employment Copy link Outline I. The act of employing1. ūsus, ūsurpātio2. ădhĭbĭtio (rare)3. much more freq. expr. by verbII. Occupation • employment: I. The act of employing: 1. ūsus, ūsurpātio: v. use. 2. ădhĭbĭtio (rare): the e. of a medicine, medicaminis ad., Mart. Cap. 3. much more freq. expr. by verb: by the e. of manual labour, *manibus opificum adhibitis (based on Cic.): by the e. of a master, *magistro adhibendo, v. to employ. II. Occupation: quaestus, ūs (as means of livelihood), mĭnistĕrium (service, agency), nĕgōtium (business): see the several words.
EMPLOY, EMPLOYMENT Copy link • EMPLOY, EMPLOYMENTAs thing, res: opus: negotium: occupatio: ministerium: studium. [SYN. in BUSINESS]: To receive an employment, muneri praeponi or praefici: to have received an employment, muneri praepositum esse or praeesse: to be out of employment, a nullo conductum esse (to have been hired by nobody). Act of employing, usus (the circumstance of using): usurpatio (act of using on a particular occasion). The frequent employment, frequens usus (alicujus rei). The employment of a word; circumlocution by verbs under “EMPLOY (a word),” for positio dictionis is not Latin.