nĕgōtĭātor

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, Cic. 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.