neglego

Latin

Alternative forms

negligō, neclegō, necligō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɡ.ɫɛ.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɡ.le.ɡo]

Verb

neglegō (present infinitive neglegere, perfect active neglēxī, supine neglēctum); third conjugation

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?
to be indifferent to, disregard, ignore, slight, neglect
to despise, condemn
Synonyms: contemnō, āspernor, detrectō, spernō, abiciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of neglegō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	neglege		—	—	neglegite		—
active	future	—	neglegitō		neglegitō	—	neglegitōte		negleguntō
passive	present	—	neglegere		—	—	neglegiminī		—
passive	future	—	neglegitor		neglegitor	—	—		negleguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		neglegere		neglegī		neglegēns		—
future		neglēctūrum esse		neglēctum īrī		neglēctūrus		neglegendus, neglegundus
perfect		neglēxisse		neglēctum esse		—		neglēctus
future perfect		—		neglēctum fore		—		—
perfect potential		neglēctūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		neglegendī	neglegendō		neglegendum	neglegendō	neglēctum		neglēctū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

References

“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