neglegentia

Latin

Etymology

From neglego (“disregard, neglect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ne.ɡleˈɡen.ti.a/, [nɛɡɫ̪ɛˈɡɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.ɡleˈd͡ʒen.t͡si.a/, [neɡleˈd͡ʒɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

neglegentia f (genitive neglegentiae); first declension

1. carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect
2. brevity, coldness
3. disrespect

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	neglegentia	neglegentiae
Genitive	neglegentiae	neglegentiārum
Dative	neglegentiae	neglegentiīs
Accusative	neglegentiam	neglegentiās
Ablative	neglegentiā	neglegentiīs
Vocative	neglegentia	neglegentiae

Descendants

• Italian: negghienza
• → Catalan: negligència
• → French: négligence
• → Italian: negligenza
• → Portuguese: negligência
• → Romanian: neglijență
• → Spanish: negligencia

Participle

neglegentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of neglegēns

References

• “neglegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neglegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neglegentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.