aem-

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

Haemŏnĭa ( Aemŏnia), ae, f., a poetical name of Thessaly, Ov. M. 1, 568; 2, 543; 8, 815; id. R. Am. 249; id. F. 5, 381:

nivalis,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 20.—

Derivv.

Haemŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hœmonia ( Thessaly), Hœmonian ( Thessalian):

gens,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 30:

urbs,

i. e. Trachin, id. M. 11, 652:

Acastus,

id. ib. 11, 410:

juvenis,

i. e. Jason, id. ib. 7, 132:

puer,

i. e. Achilles, id. F. 5, 400:

equi,

i. e. of Achilles, id. Tr. 3, 11, 28:

lyra, the same,

id. ib. 4, 1, 16: arcus, i. e. the constellation Sagittarius (because orig. the Thessalian centaur Chiron), id. M. 2, 81.—

Haemŏ-nĭdes, ae, m., = Haimonidês, a Hœmonian or Thessalian; in plur., i. q. Argonautae, the Argonauts, Val. Fl. 4, 506.—

Hae-mŏnis ( Aem-), ĭdis, f., a Thessalian woman, Ov. H. 13, 2; Luc. 6, 436; 590.

Haemŏnĭa ( Aemŏnia), ae, f., a poetical name of Thessaly, Ov. M. 1, 568; 2, 543; 8, 815; id. R. Am. 249; id. F. 5, 381:

nivalis,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 20.—

Derivv.

Haemŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hœmonia ( Thessaly), Hœmonian ( Thessalian):

gens,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 30:

urbs,

i. e. Trachin, id. M. 11, 652:

Acastus,

id. ib. 11, 410:

juvenis,

i. e. Jason, id. ib. 7, 132:

puer,

i. e. Achilles, id. F. 5, 400:

equi,

i. e. of Achilles, id. Tr. 3, 11, 28:

lyra, the same,

id. ib. 4, 1, 16: arcus, i. e. the constellation Sagittarius (because orig. the Thessalian centaur Chiron), id. M. 2, 81.—

Haemŏ-nĭdes, ae, m., = Haimonidês, a Hœmonian or Thessalian; in plur., i. q. Argonautae, the Argonauts, Val. Fl. 4, 506.—

Hae-mŏnis ( Aem-), ĭdis, f., a Thessalian woman, Ov. H. 13, 2; Luc. 6, 436; 590.

Haemŏnĭa ( Aemŏnia), ae, f., a poetical name of Thessaly, Ov. M. 1, 568; 2, 543; 8, 815; id. R. Am. 249; id. F. 5, 381:

nivalis,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 20.—

Derivv.

Haemŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hœmonia ( Thessaly), Hœmonian ( Thessalian):

gens,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 30:

urbs,

i. e. Trachin, id. M. 11, 652:

Acastus,

id. ib. 11, 410:

juvenis,

i. e. Jason, id. ib. 7, 132:

puer,

i. e. Achilles, id. F. 5, 400:

equi,

i. e. of Achilles, id. Tr. 3, 11, 28:

lyra, the same,

id. ib. 4, 1, 16: arcus, i. e. the constellation Sagittarius (because orig. the Thessalian centaur Chiron), id. M. 2, 81.—

Haemŏ-nĭdes, ae, m., = Haimonidês, a Hœmonian or Thessalian; in plur., i. q. Argonautae, the Argonauts, Val. Fl. 4, 506.—

Hae-mŏnis ( Aem-), ĭdis, f., a Thessalian woman, Ov. H. 13, 2; Luc. 6, 436; 590.

Haemŏnĭa ( Aemŏnia), ae, f., a poetical name of Thessaly, Ov. M. 1, 568; 2, 543; 8, 815; id. R. Am. 249; id. F. 5, 381:

nivalis,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 20.—

Derivv.

Haemŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hœmonia ( Thessaly), Hœmonian ( Thessalian):

gens,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 30:

urbs,

i. e. Trachin, id. M. 11, 652:

Acastus,

id. ib. 11, 410:

juvenis,

i. e. Jason, id. ib. 7, 132:

puer,

i. e. Achilles, id. F. 5, 400:

equi,

i. e. of Achilles, id. Tr. 3, 11, 28:

lyra, the same,

id. ib. 4, 1, 16: arcus, i. e. the constellation Sagittarius (because orig. the Thessalian centaur Chiron), id. M. 2, 81.—

Haemŏ-nĭdes, ae, m., = Haimonidês, a Hœmonian or Thessalian; in plur., i. q. Argonautae, the Argonauts, Val. Fl. 4, 506.—

Hae-mŏnis ( Aem-), ĭdis, f., a Thessalian woman, Ov. H. 13, 2; Luc. 6, 436; 590.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( 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., [p. 1198] 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.

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.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

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.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( 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., [p. 1198] 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.

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.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

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.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( 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., [p. 1198] 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.

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.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

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.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( 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., [p. 1198] 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.

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.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

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.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( 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., [p. 1198] 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.

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.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

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.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( 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., [p. 1198] 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.

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.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

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.

per-cārus, a, um, adj., very dear.

Lit., very dear, very costly, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 25.—

Trop., very dear, very much beloved:

qui eis vicissim percarus et jucundus fuit,

Cic. Aem. Scaur. 17, 39; Tac. A. 2, 74; Just. 12, 12, 11.