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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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   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

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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