Usor:Rafaelgarcia/De Quaestu

• quaestus = a gaining; quaestus +x_gen = gain of x, means of making money
• munus = service, burden, duty, function, responsibility, office, post
• officium = a service that is owed to others
• beneficium = a service to others that is not owed
• opus = a work done by compulsion or by physical necessity, as done by machine, soldier or animal
• opera = a work done voluntarily as by a freeman
• operatio = a working, work activity, religious or beneficent performance
• labor = labor, toil
• negotium = business, work as opposed to liesure (otium).
• minister = servant, public office holder, opposite of magister

studium, beneficium, meritum, munus

quaestus, ūs (archaic I gen. quaesti, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 5; id. Poen. prol. 95; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38; Titin., Nov., Turp., and Caecil. ap. Non. 483, 19 sq.; Varr. ib. 492, 20. — Gen. quaestuis, Varr. ap. Non. 483, 32), m. quaero, a gaining, acquiring; gain, acquisition, profit, advantage (quite class.; syn.: lucrum, emolimentum). I Lit.: quaestus pecuniae, Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1: emendi aut vendendi quaestu et lucro duci, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9: pauperes homines, quibus nec quaestus est, nec, etc., Transf., a way of making money, a business, occupation, employment, trade: meretricius, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44. — Plur.: meretricii quaestus, Sen. Contr. 1, 2, 4: de quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150;

stŭdĭum, ii, n. studeo, I a busying one's self about or application to a thing; assiduity, zeal, eagerness, fondness, inclination, desire, exertion, endeavor, study: stu dium est animi assidua et vehemens ad aliquam rem applicata magnā cum voluntate occupatio, ut philosophiae, poëticae, geometriae, litterarum, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36. — Zeal for any one; good-will, affection, attachment, devotion, favor, kindness, etc. (cf.: officium, favor): tibi profiteor atque polliceor eximium et singulare meum studium in omni genere officii, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4: studium et favor, id. Rosc. Com. 10, 29; Suet. Vit. 15: studio ac suffragio suo viam sibi ad beneficium impetrandum munire, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17:

offĭcĭum, ii, n. for opificium, opus and facio, qs. that which one does for another, officium is a voluntary or morally necessary service "rendered to one whose claim to it is recognized; while beneficium is a service rendered where there is no claim"

bĕnĕfĭcĭum A benefaction, kindness, favor, benefit, service

sunt qui ita distinguunt, quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria. Beneficium esse, quod alienus det: alienus est, qui potuit sine reprehensione cessare: officium esse filii, uxoris et earum personarum, quas necessitudo suscitat et ferre opem jubet: ministerium esse servi, quem condicio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori, Sen. Ben.3, 18, 1);

mĭnistĕrĭum, ii, n. minister, I the office or functions of a minister, attendance, service, ministry, in a good or bad sense; an office, occupation, work, labor, employment, administration, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf.: munus, officium). mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice:

mūnus (old orthogr. moenus) a service, office, post, employment, function, duty (class.; syn.: officium, ministerium, honos). munus significat officium, cum dicitur quis munere fungi. Item donum quod officii causā datur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 Müll. (cf. infra): munus curare, to discharge an office, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 76

mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( I fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. moenia, lit. to wall; hence, to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.). B Transf. 1 In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter:

ŏpĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. operor, I a working, work, labor, operation (not in Cic. or Cæs.). In partic. A religious performance, service, or solemnity, a bringing of offerings: operationes denicales, offerings, Fest. s. v. privatae feriae, p. 242 Müll.; Inscr. a. 286, p. Chr. ap. Orell. 2234. — B In Christian authors, beneficence, charity, Lact. 6, 12; Prud. Psych. 573.

ŏpus, ĕris, n. Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben. I Lit. A In gen., work, labor (cf.: labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21: menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54: oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum, id. de Or. 2, 17, 71. — B Esp. 1 Work, art, workmanship: naturā et opere munitus, Caes. B. G. 5, 21. — 2 Of agricultural labor: opus faciam, ut defatiger usque, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24: grave Martis opus, Verg. A. 8, 515. — 3 Of honey-making: foris

ŏpĕra, ae, f. opus, I service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve). B In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3: operae forenses, id. Fin. 1, 4, 10: P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat, serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11: ferrum istud bonas edet operas, will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10: musis operas reddere, to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2: dare operas alicui, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11. — C In concr. 1 A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.): ...

lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. ἀλφ- in ἦλφον, earned, ἄλφημα, wages; Germ. Arbeit, I labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera). 1 Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna):

mĕrĭtōrĭus, a, um, adj. id., I of or belonging to the earning of money, by which money is earned, for which money is paid, that brings in money (class.). I In gen.: vehicula, Suet. Calig. 39: balinea, Plin. Ep. 2, 17: cenaculum, Suet. Vit. 7: artificia, Sen. Ep. 88, 1: salutatio, by which one hopes to obtain money, interested, id. Brev. Vit. 14, 3: in meritorio stabulo, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 16. — B Subst.: mĕrĭtōria, ōrum, n., places or rooms which are let out for a short time, Juv. 3, 234: facere, to let out rooms for a short time (opp. locare, to rent by the year), Dig. 7, 1, 13. —

nĕgōtĭum (nĕgōcĭum), ii, n. necotium; cf.: negotium, quod non sit otium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne, I a business, employment, occupation, affair (cf. munus).

nĕgōtĭātĭo (nĕgōc-), ōnis, f. negotior, I a doing business by the wholesale, wholesale business, banking business; also in gen., any business or traffic (class.):

nĕgōtĭor (nĕgōc-), ātus, 1, I v. dep. n. and a. [id.], to carry on business, esp. a wholesale business or the banking business.

Hence, nĕ-gōtĭans, antis, P. a. — As subst. A A wholesale dealer, trader, banker, business man: negavi me cuipiam negotianti dare (praefecturam), Cic. Att. 5, 21, 10.

nĕgōtĭātor (nĕgōc-), ōris, m. id., I one who does business by wholesale, a wholesale dealer, a banker, a factor (cf.: institor, mercator): improbus negotiator, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2, § 7: mercator an negotiator, id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188; id. Planc. 26, 64. —