neglect (v.) Copy link Outline 1. neglĭgo, exi, ctum, 3 (to be careless about, and fail to attend to)2. praetermitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to let slip, pass by)3. dēsum, irr. (to be wanting in attention to4. rĕlinquo, 3 (usu. to leave or neglect one thing to attend to another)5. dēsĕro, ui, rtum, 3 (a strong expr.) • neglect (v.): 1. neglĭgo, exi, ctum, 3 (to be careless about, and fail to attend to): to n. one's private affairs, rem familiarem n., Cic. Sen. 7, 22: less freq. foll. by infin.: he n.'d to attend on the day notified, diem edicti obire neglexit, id. Ph. 3, 8, 20. 2. praetermitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to let slip, pass by): to n. (leave undone) no duty, nullum officium pr., Cic. Fam. 1, 8, init.: v. to omit. 3. dēsum, irr. (to be wanting in attention to: with dat.): he does not n. his duty, non deest officio, Caes. B. C. 2, 41: Cic. (N.B.--In this sense deesse is usu. attended by a negative: as, neque amicis neque alienioribus deesse, Cic. Fam. 1, 9; vide, ne tibi desis, id. R. Am. 36, 104, etc.) 4. rĕlinquo, 3 (usu. to leave or neglect one thing to attend to another): v. to abandon. 5. dēsĕro, ui, rtum, 3 (a strong expr.): to n. (be guilty of dereliction of) duty, officium d., Cic. Off. 1, 9, init. Phr.: totally n.ing one's person, incultus, horridus, Or. in Sen. 6, 13: cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7, nullus horror in cultu, i. e. he nowise n.'d his personal appearance.