neglego

Latin

Alternative forms

• negligō, neclegō, necligō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe

Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe

Proto-Italic *nekʷe

Latin neque

Latin nec

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti

Proto-Italic *legō

Latin lego

Latin neglego

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɡ.ɫɛ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɡ.le.ɡo]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		neglegere			neglegī			neglegēns			—
future		neglēctūrum esse			neglēctum īrī			neglēctūrus			neglegendus, neglegundus
perfect		neglēxisse			neglēctum esse			—			neglēctus
future perfect		—			neglēctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		neglēctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• → Occitan: negligir
• → 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