neglectus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of neglegō (“disregard, neglect”).

Pronunciation

Participle

neglēctus (feminine neglēcta, neuter neglēctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. neglected, having been neglected; ignored, having been ignored; overlooked, having been overlooked, passed over, having been passed over
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.518:
      neglēctus dominō pauca ferēbat ager.
      The field, having been neglected by its master, was producing few .
  2. slighted, having been slighted; disregarded, having been disregarded; despised, having been despised; condemned, having been condemned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative neglēctus neglēcta neglēctum neglēctī neglēctae neglēcta
Genitive neglēctī neglēctae neglēctī neglēctōrum neglēctārum neglēctōrum
Dative neglēctō neglēctō neglēctīs
Accusative neglēctum neglēctam neglēctum neglēctōs neglēctās neglēcta
Ablative neglēctō neglēctā neglēctō neglēctīs
Vocative neglēcte neglēcta neglēctum neglēctī neglēctae neglēcta

Synonyms

  1. omissus

Noun

neglēctus m (genitive neglēctūs); fourth declension

  1. neglect

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative neglēctus neglēctūs
Genitive neglēctūs neglēctuum
Dative neglēctuī neglēctibus
Accusative neglēctum neglēctūs
Ablative neglēctū neglēctibus
Vocative neglēctus neglēctūs

Descendants

  • Italian: negetta (“misery”) (Marchigiano)
  • Occitan: nalech (“mistake”)
  • Old Italian: neghietto ⇒ neghiettire

References

  • “neglectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “neglectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • neglectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • scholarship, culture, literature is at a low ebb: litterae iacent, neglectae iacent
    • philosophy is neglected, at low ebb: philosophia (neglecta) iacet (vid. sect. VII. 1, note iacēre...)
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “nĕglēctus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 435
  • http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/index.php?vox=038776.htm
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