Latin

Alternative forms

• neclegō
• necligō

Verb

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

1. I am indifferent to, disregard, ignore, slight, neglect.
2. I overlook, pass over, neglect.

   Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.

   If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

3. I despise, condemn.

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Descendants

• English: neglect
• French: négliger
• Italian: negligere
• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “neglego”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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