nĕgōtĭōsus (nĕgōc-), a, um, adj. [negotium],
I full of business, busy (class.): negotiosi eramus nos nostris negotiis, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 79: provincia negotiosa et molesta, Cic. Mur. 8, 18: prudentissimus quisque maxime negotiosus erat, the busiest, most occupied , Sall. C. 8, 5: quid crudelitate negotiosius, Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4: vir negotiosissimus, Aug. Ep. 54: circumcisā omni negotiosā actione, attention to business , Cels. 2, 25: negotiosi dies, business days, working days , Tac. A. 13, 41 fin. —Comically, transf.: tergum, a back on which business is performed , i. e. which receives a drubbing , Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 37.—
II Transf., troublesome : edepol, rem negotiosam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 32.