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Latin
Etymology
From neglego (“disregard, neglect”).
Pronunciation
Noun
neglegentia f (genitive neglegentiae); first declension
- carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect
- brevity, coldness
- disrespect
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Participle
neglegentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of neglegēns
References
- “neglegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “neglegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- neglegentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.