neglect (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. incūria (absence of due care and pains)2. neglĭgentia (carelessness about anything; whether in a single instance or habitual)3. neglectio (act of neglecting4. indīlĭgentia, carelessness, as causing neglect) • neglect (subs.): 1. incūria (absence of due care and pains): (soldiers) cut off by n., lack of food, disease, inc., fame, morbo consumpti, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, init.: long-continued n. (of the person), diutina inc., Apul. 2. neglĭgentia (carelessness about anything; whether in a single instance or habitual): n. of the ceremonies and auspices (i. e. disregard of them), n. caeremoniarum auspiciorumque, Liv. 22, 9, med.: Cic.: v. negligence. 3. neglectio (act of neglecting: v. rare): n. of friends, n. amicorum, Cic. Mur. 4, 9. 4. indīlĭgentia, carelessness, as causing neglect): Cic. (Oftener expr. by verb: to be guilty of n. of duty, officium praetermittere, negligere, etc.: v. to neglect.) Neglect of a (former) favourite by his patron, frigus: Hor. Sat. 2, 1, 62: Suet.: n. of the person (sometimes), horror, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7.