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.
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.
NEGLECT Copy link • NEGLECT 1. v. negligere aliquid (not to trouble one’s self about a thing, out of thoughtlessness or carelessness): deesse alicui rei (not to show proper attention to a person or thing, to fail in one’s duty): deserere aliquid (to desert or abandon from want of favor or good-will): derelinquere aliquem or aliquid (to give up or abandon entirely: intermittere aliquid is = to leave off for a time). To neglect the fire, ignem negligentius habere (Paullus, Dig.): to neglect one’s person, se negligere (opposed to se colere): to neglect it utterly, corpore esse inculto atque horrido (Cic.): to neglect one’s duty, etc., deesse officio, dignitati, muneri: to neglect one’s affairs, rem familiarem negligere. 2. s. neglectio (the act of neglecting): indiligentia (habit of neglecting): neglectus (state of a thing neglected): [☞ But it must frequently be rendered by the verbs; e.g., to the neglect of all other things, rebus omnibus posthabitis, or postpositis, or relictis: to the neglect of all other business, omnibus negotiis omissis: to the neglect of friendship, neglecta amicitia.