make light of Copy link Outline 1. neglĭgo, exi, ectum, 32. parvi făcio, aestĭmo, pendo (in thought; whereas negligo refers to action) • make light of: 1. neglĭgo, exi, ectum, 3: to m. light of danger, periculum n., Cic. Fam. 14, 4: foll. by inf. (poet.), Hor. Od. 1, 28, 30. See also to despise. 2. parvi făcio, aestĭmo, pendo (in thought; whereas negligo refers to action): v. to esteem, value.