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nĕgōtĭātrix (nĕgōc-), īcis, f. [negotiator], she that carries on a business, a female trader (post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: cum testatrix negotiatrix fuerit, Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 4: FRVMENTARIA, Inscr. Orell. 3093: LEGVMINARIA, Inscr. Murat. 935, 5.
  2. II. Trop., she that brings about a thing, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 3.