neglego

Latin

Alternative forms

• negligō, neclegō, necligō

Etymology

From nec (“not”) +‎ legō (“choose”), or from nec +‎ Proto-Italic *legō (“to care”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈneɡ.le.ɡoː/, [ˈnɛɡɫ̪ɛɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈneɡ.le.ɡo/, [ˈnɛɡleɡo]

Verb

neglegō (present infinitive neglegere, perfect active neglēxī, supine neglēctum); third conjugation

1. to neglect, overlook, pass over

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, permittō, trānsmittō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, pōnō, tribuō

   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria :

     quid recipis mandatum, si aut neglecturus aut ad tuum commodum conversurus es?

     Why do you undertake a commission, if you are either going to neglect it or to turn it to your own advantage?

2. to be indifferent to, disregard, ignore, slight, neglect
3. to despise, condemn

   Synonyms: contemnō, āspernor, detrectō, spernō, abiciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of neglegō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	neglegō	neglegis	neglegit	neglegimus	neglegitis	neglegunt
	imperfect	neglegēbam	neglegēbās	neglegēbat	neglegēbāmus	neglegēbātis	neglegēbant
	future	neglegam	neglegēs	negleget	neglegēmus	neglegētis	neglegent
	perfect	neglēxī	neglēxistī	neglēxit	neglēximus	neglēxistis	neglēxērunt, neglēxēre
	pluperfect	neglēxeram	neglēxerās	neglēxerat	neglēxerāmus	neglēxerātis	neglēxerant
	future perfect	neglēxerō	neglēxeris	neglēxerit	neglēxerimus	neglēxeritis	neglēxerint
passive	present	neglegor	neglegeris, neglegere	neglegitur	neglegimur	neglegiminī	negleguntur
	imperfect	neglegēbar	neglegēbāris, neglegēbāre	neglegēbātur	neglegēbāmur	neglegēbāminī	neglegēbantur
	future	neglegar	neglegēris, neglegēre	neglegētur	neglegēmur	neglegēminī	neglegentur
	perfect	neglēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	neglēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	neglēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	neglegam	neglegās	neglegat	neglegāmus	neglegātis	neglegant
	imperfect	neglegerem	neglegerēs	neglegeret	neglegerēmus	neglegerētis	neglegerent
	perfect	neglēxerim	neglēxerīs	neglēxerit	neglēxerīmus	neglēxerītis	neglēxerint
	pluperfect	neglēxissem	neglēxissēs	neglēxisset	neglēxissēmus	neglēxissētis	neglēxissent
passive	present	neglegar	neglegāris, neglegāre	neglegātur	neglegāmur	neglegāminī	neglegantur
	imperfect	neglegerer	neglegerēris, neglegerēre	neglegerētur	neglegerēmur	neglegerēminī	neglegerentur
	perfect	neglēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	neglēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	neglege	—	—	neglegite	—
	future	—	neglegitō	neglegitō	—	neglegitōte	negleguntō
passive	present	—	neglegere	—	—	neglegiminī	—
	future	—	neglegitor	neglegitor	—	—	negleguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		neglegere	neglēxisse	neglēctūrum esse	neglegī	neglēctum esse	neglēctum īrī
participles		neglegēns	—	neglēctūrus	—	neglēctus	neglegendus, neglegundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		neglegendī	neglegendō	neglegendum	neglegendō	neglēctum	neglēctū

Derived terms

• neglēctē
• neglēctiō
• neglēctor
• neglēctus
• neglegēns
• neglegenter
• neglegentia

Related terms

• allegō
• colligō
• dīligō
• ēligō
• intellegō
• legō
• perlegō
• praelegō
• relegō
• sēligō
• sublegō

Descendants

• → Catalan: negligir
• → English: neglect
• → Esperanto: neglekti
• → French: négliger
• → Italian: negligere
• → Romanian: neglija
• → Spanish: negligir

References

• “neglego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neglego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neglego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to leave a wrong unpunished, to ignore it: iniurias neglegere
    
  • to neglect one's duty: officium suum deserere, neglegere
    
  • to neglect, mismanage one's household matters: rem familiarem neglegere