engaged (part. adj.) Copy link Outline I. Taken up with business1. occŭpātus2. impĕdītus (taken up with and hampered by other things)3. distentus (operâ), Quint.II. In marriage • engaged (part. adj.): I. Taken up with business: 1. occŭpātus: while he was e. with other matters, dum is in aliis rebus erat oc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: the election days keep me closely e., comitiorum dies me occupatiorem habebant, Coel. in Cic. 8, 4: to be e. to any one (so as not to be able to give him attention), alicui oc. esse, Cic. Sen. 10, 32. 2. impĕdītus (taken up with and hampered by other things): Join: occupatus impeditusque, Cic.: v. embarrassed. 3. distentus (operâ), Quint.: v. distracted. Phr.: to be e. in or with: (1.) ŏpĕram do, 1, irr.: to be e. with one's friends (esp. with their legal business), amicis (clientibus) op. dare, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 16: Pl.: (2.) expr. by nĕgōtium (Gr. ἀσχολία, want of leisure): though I am e., quanquam n. est (sc. mihi), Pl. Merc. 2, 2, 16: to be e. in some important business, aliquo majore n. detineri, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40: (3.) văco, 1 (lit. to have leisure for: hence of giving attention to literature, etc.: not in this latter sense in Cic.): when on a journey, he was e. in this (study) only, in itinere huic uni vacabat, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15: Tac.: (4.) ŏpĕror, 1 (esp. of religious or ceremonial acts): to be e. in sacred rites, sacris operatum esse, Liv. 1, 31, fin.: e. in felling timber, caedendis materiis operatus (miles), Tac. H. 5, 20: Plin. (N.B.--The verb operor is most freq. used in perf. part.) II. In marriage: sponsus, pactus: v. betrothed.