neglegens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of neglegō (“disregard, neglect”).

Participle

neglegēns (genitive neglegentis, comparative neglegentior, superlative neglegentissimus, adverb neglegenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. being indifferent to, disregarding, ignoring, slighting, neglecting, negligent
2. overlooking, passing over, neglecting
3. despising, condemning

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	neglegēns			neglegentēs	neglegentia
Genitive	neglegentis			neglegentium
Dative	neglegentī			neglegentibus
Accusative	neglegentem	neglegēns		neglegentēs neglegentīs	neglegentia
Ablative	neglegente neglegentī1			neglegentibus
Vocative	neglegēns			neglegentēs	neglegentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Old Italian: negghiente
  • ⇒ Italian: negghienza, negligenza, negligente
  • ⇒ Sicilian: nigghijenti, niggliggenti
• → Old French: negligent
  • French: négligent
  • → English: negligent

References

• “neglegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neglegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neglegens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “nĕglĭgens”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 435