negligence Copy link Outline 1. neglĭgentia (cf. NEGLECT, subs. 2)2. incūria • negligence: 1. neglĭgentia (cf. neglect, subs. 2): boorish n. (in attire), agrestis [et inhumana] n., Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130. Join: negligentia, pigritia, inertia, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28. 2. incūria: v. neglect, subs. (1). (N.B.--In such exprr. as, what n. was that! use gen., *quantae sunt haec negligentiae: quam turpis incuriae!)