• NEGLECT

1. v. negligere aliquid (not to trouble one’s self about a thing, out of thoughtlessness or carelessness): deesse alicui rei (not to show proper attention to a person or thing, to fail in one’s duty): deserere aliquid (to desert or abandon from want of favor or good-will): derelinquere aliquem or aliquid (to give up or abandon entirely: intermittere aliquid is = to leave off for a time). To neglect the fire, ignem negligentius habere (Paullus, Dig.): to neglect one’s person, se negligere (opposed to se colere): to neglect it utterly, corpore esse inculto atque horrido (Cic.): to neglect one’s duty, etc., deesse officio, dignitati, muneri: to neglect one’s affairs, rem familiarem negligere.

2. s. neglectio (the act of neglecting): indiligentia (habit of neglecting): neglectus (state of a thing neglected): [☞ But it must frequently be rendered by the verbs; e.g., to the neglect of all other things, rebus omnibus posthabitis, or postpositis, or relictis: to the neglect of all other business, omnibus negotiis omissis: to the neglect of friendship, neglecta amicitia.