negligent Copy link Outline 1. neglĭgens, ntis (not troubling oneself). either absol. or with gen.)2. dissŏlūtus (lacking vigour and strenuousness3. indīlĭgens (not using due care and pains)4. rĕmissus (remiss, slack, lacking energy) • negligent: 1. neglĭgens, ntis (not troubling oneself). either absol. or with gen.): v. neglectful, careless. So, to be n. of., negligere: v. to neglect. Also in pass. sense: n. attire, n. amictus, Quint. 11, 3, 147. 2. dissŏlūtus (lacking vigour and strenuousness: cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4, cupio in tantis reip. periculis me non d. videri (remiss, lax, negligent): n. about one's property, d. in re familiari, id. Quint. 11, 38. Join: negligens ac dissolutus, id. Verr. 3, 69, 162. 3. indīlĭgens (not using due care and pains): Caes. B. G. 7, 71: Gell. 4. rĕmissus (remiss, slack, lacking energy): opp. to agilis gnavusque, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90: Cic. (Incuriosus = heedless of, indifferent to.) Phr.: n. of personal appearance, cultu corporis parum accurato, cf. Gell. 1, 5, init.: totally so, corpore nimis inculto atque horrido (v. to neglect, fin.): to be utterly n. of duty, *omnem officii curam penitus abjĭcere atque spernere.