Meaning of the word OTIUM

[Porkchophill]

Private life meaning of otium meant personal retirement—the opposite of business. It meant leisure only for one's own pleasure with no benefit to the state or public. Examples here is where one attends only his own farm or estate. Another is hunting. It was the opposite of "active public life".


inhonestum otium - dishonorable leisure, idle self-indulgence leisure.[82]
desidia - slackness, idleness.[9]
inertia - sloth, idleness, indolence.[9]
ignavia - sloth, idleness, faint-heartedness.[9]
desidiosissimum otium - a sluggard's free time, he that fears labor; a man careless to attend to his duty first

 

[Ripbuster]

Ahhhh! So thats why they don't file accounts.

 

[elephanttears]

Them naming the company otium shows you what grandeur impression they have of themselves. The meaning of the word is not as described by porkchophill. Look on wikepedia.

 

[Porkchophill]

Ok I mite have done a bit of creative editing there is a negative and positive description of otium but it all boils down to self indulgence

 

[georgehudson]

quite so PCH, yet they continue to tread the line of 'we're doing what's best',
imho, i've never seen such a duplicitous mob,
get on the case, our legal system,
sort'em out

 

[Grappa]

Sounds like a job for Dan Brown.

 

[georgehudson]

or perhaps from grendels point of view 'manns brown'

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Having done Latin for many a year all it means is leisure.