neglegentia
Latin
Etymology
From neglego (“disregard, neglect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛɡ.ɫɛˈɡɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [neɡ.leˈd͡ʒɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
neglegentia f (genitive neglegentiae); first declension
- carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.1:
- Turpissima tamen est iactūra quae per neglegentiam fit.
- The worst [use of time], however, is [what gets] thrown away, which happens through neglect.
(Neuter plurals “turpissima,” “iactura,” and “quae” relate to the implied third declension neuter plural “tempora”: passages of time or moments in time.)
- The worst [use of time], however, is [what gets] thrown away, which happens through neglect.
- Turpissima tamen est iactūra quae per neglegentiam fit.
- brevity, coldness
- disrespect
Declension
First-declension noun.
| 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
- 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.