The corpus record — Latin

neglegentia

neglegentia · f

carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect

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Where it lives

De Brevitate Vitae 4 · 6.47/10k
De Otio 1 · 5.1/10k
Antoninus Caracallus 1 · 4.9/10k
Divus Claudius 2 · 3.13/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 2 · 2.66/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 4 · 2.49/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 4 · 2.44/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 3 · 2.37/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 2 · 2.31/10k

Densest 12 of 90 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

neglĕgentĭa — Lewis & Short

neglĕgentĭa (better than neclĕg-, not neglĭg-), ae, f.neglegens from neglego,

I carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect (syn. incuria; freq. and class.): neglegentiā, pigritiā, inertiā ... impediri, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28: in accusando, id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59: munditia quae fugiat agrestem et inhumanam neglegentiam, id. Off. 1, 36, 130: accusare aliquem de litterarum neglegentiā, of neglecting to write, id. Att. 1, 6, 1.—So, me nomine neglegentiae suspectum tibi esse doleo, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: epistularum duarum, quas ad me misit, neglegentiam, meamque in rescribendo diligentiam volui tibi notam esse, brevity, coldness, id. ib. 8, 11, 6: sui, Tac. A. 16, 18: quaedam etiam neglegentia est diligens, Cic. Or. 23, 78: institutorum neglegentiam accusare, id. Rep. 4, 3, 3: nam neque neglegentiā tuā, neque odio id fecit tuo, out of disrespect, want of regard, to you, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 27: caerimoniarum auspiciorumque, neglect, Liv. 22, 9: deorum, id. 5, 51: cum ex neglegentia domini vacet (fundus), Gai. Inst. 2, 51.

In the wild

neglegentia Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.130
neglegentiam Cicero, Orator 77
neglegentiam Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.25.24.8
neglegentia Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.33.46.9
neglegentiae Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.5.52.15
neglegentia Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.7.3

6 of 221 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. neglegentia (scan p. 374; entry #5910).

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