neglegens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of neglegō (“disregard, neglect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛɡ.ɫɛ.ɡẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛɡ.le.d͡ʒens]
Participle
neglegēns (genitive neglegentis, comparative neglegentior, superlative neglegentissimus, adverb neglegenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- being indifferent to, disregarding, ignoring, slighting, neglecting, negligent
- overlooking, passing over, neglecting
- despising, condemning
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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