neglectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of neglegō (“disregard, neglect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /neˈɡleːk.tus/, [nɛˈɡɫ̪eːkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈɡlek.tus/, [neˈɡlɛkt̪us]

Participle

neglēctus (feminine neglēcta, neuter neglēctum); first/second-declension participle

1. neglected, having been neglected; ignored, having been ignored; overlooked, having been overlooked, passed over, having been passed over
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.518:

     neglēctus dominō pauca ferēbat ager.

     The field, having been neglected by its master, was producing few [crops].

2. slighted, having been slighted; disregarded, having been disregarded; despised, having been despised; condemned, having been condemned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	neglēctus	neglēcta	neglēctum		neglēctī	neglēctae	neglēcta
Genitive	neglēctī	neglēctae	neglēctī		neglēctōrum	neglēctārum	neglēctōrum
Dative	neglēctō		neglēctō		neglēctīs
Accusative	neglēctum	neglēctam	neglēctum		neglēctōs	neglēctās	neglēcta
Ablative	neglēctō	neglēctā	neglēctō		neglēctīs
Vocative	neglēcte	neglēcta	neglēctum		neglēctī	neglēctae	neglēcta

Synonyms

1. omissus

Noun

neglēctus m (genitive neglēctūs); fourth declension

1. neglect

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	neglēctus	neglēctūs
Genitive	neglēctūs	neglēctuum
Dative	neglēctuī	neglēctibus
Accusative	neglēctum	neglēctūs
Ablative	neglēctū	neglēctibus
Vocative	neglēctus	neglēctūs

Descendants

• Italian: negetta (“misery”) (Marchigiano)
• Occitan: nalech (“mistake”)
• Old Italian: neghietto ⇒ neghiettire
  • ⇒ Italian: neghittoso

References

• “neglectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neglectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neglectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • scholarship, culture, literature is at a low ebb: litterae iacent, neglectae iacent
    
  • philosophy is neglected, at low ebb: philosophia (neglecta) iacet (vid. sect. VII. 1, note iacēre...)
    
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “nĕglēctus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 435
• http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/index.php?vox=038776.htm