1. neglĕgo — Lewis & Short
neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 (
I perf subj. neglegerit, acc. to the form of the simple verb, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. 366 P.; and id. ap. Prisc. p. 895 P.; also, acc. to the best MSS., in Sall. J. 40, 1, neglegisset; v. Kritz and Fabri, ad h. l.), v. a. nec-lego (qs. not to pick up, i. e.), to not heed, not trouble one's self about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to; constr. with acc. or an object-clause; rarely with de or absol.
I In gen., opp. to curare (cf. desum):
si mandatum neglecturus es,Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:
maculam judiciorum,id. Clu. 47, 130:
rem familiarem neglegebat,Nep. Them. 1, 2:
neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,Hor. S. 1, 3, 37.—
(b) With an object-clause:
erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:
diem edicti obire neglexit,Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —
(g) With de:
de Theopompo negleximus,Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—
II In partic., to make light of, not to care for, to slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect (syn.:
despicio, sperno, contemno, fastidio): qui periculum fortunarum et capitis sui pro meā salute neglexit,Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:
tantam pecuniam captam,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 218:
cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit,id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:
legem,id. Vatin. 2, 5:
minas,id. Quint. 30, 92:
imperium alicujus,Caes. B. G. 5, 7:
injurias alicujus,to pass over, overlook, id. ib. 1, 36:
iram alicujus,Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 97:
deos,Sall. C. 10, 4:
se semper credunt neglegi, i. e. contemni,Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—
(b) With an objectclause:
verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat,neglect, disdain, Cic. Or. 23, 77:
Theopompum, expulsum a Trebonio, confugere Alexandriam neglexistis,id. Phil. 13, 16, 33:
fraudem committere,Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Tib. 2, 6, 37.—*
(g) With a foll. ne:
neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—
(d) Absol.:
bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,
A neg-lĕgens (neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.
1 In gen.: neclegens dictus est non legens neque dilectum habens, quid facere debeat, omissā ratione officii sui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.:
improvidi et neglegentes duces,Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:
quoniam pater tam neglegens ac dissolutus est,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162:
socors alicujus natura neglegensque,id. Brut. 68, 239:
in amicis deligendis neglegentes,id. Lael. 17, 62:
in aliquem,id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—With gen.:
legum, officii, rei publicae, sociorum atque amicorum neglegentior,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 143:
amicorum inimicorumque (= prae stupore haud discernens),Tac. H. 3, 38:
lenocinii,Suet. Aug. 79:
domus tuae neglegentissimus,Pacat. Pan. Th. 31.—With circa:
circa deos ac religiones neglegentior,Suet. Tib. 69.—With inf.:
post illa obtegere eam neglegens fui,Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 61.—Of things:
alarum neglegens sudor,that proceeds from neglect, Petr. 128:
neglegentior amictus,Quint. 11, 3, 147:
neglegens sermo,id. 10, 7, 28; cf.
stilus,id. 2, 4, 13.—
2 In partic., with respect to one's fortune, heedless, careless, improvident:
in sumptu neglegens,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:
adulescentia neglegens luxuriosaque,Liv. 27, 8; Quint. 7, 2, 29.—Hence, adv.: neglĕgenter (neglĭg-), heedlessly, carelessly, negligently:
scribere (opp. diligenter),Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 7:
gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,Tac. G. 17:
audientes,Quint. 8, 2, 23:
petere pilam,id. 6, 3, 62; 2, 4, 17.—Comp.:
neglegentius asservare aliquid,Cic. Caecin. 26, 73.—Sup.:
neglegentissime amicos habere,Sen. Ep. 63, 7.—
B neglectus, a, um, P. a., neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised:
cum ipsi inter nos abjecti neglectique simus,Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:
castra soluta neglectaque,Liv. 28, 1:
religio,Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
di,Hor. C. 3, 6, 7:
forma viros decet,Ov. A. A. 1, 509.—Sup.:
neglectissima progenies,Stat. Th. 7, 146.— Hence, * adv.: neglectē, carelessly, negligently:
neglectius incedebat,Hier. Ep. 39, n. 1.