nĕgōtĭātor (nĕgōc-), ōris, m. [negotior],
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.—
II In gen.
A A trader, tradesman (post-Aug.): trucidati negotiatores, Vell. 2, 110, 6: mercis sordidae, Quint. 1, 12, 17: mancipiorum, id. 5, 12, 17; cf. Suet. Ner. 32: vestiarius, Dig. 38, 1, 45: frumentarius, ib. 50, 5, 9; Vulg. Gen. 37, 28.—
2 NEGOTIATOR, an appellation of Mercury as the god of tradesmen , Inscr. Grut. 55, 1.—
B A factor, agent , intrusted with the management of a business, Labeo ap. Dig. 32, 65 prooem.