neglĭgo

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.

* * *

dē-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj.: defexit, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin., see below, no. III. fin. In the pass., besides the regular form deficior, ante- and postclass., once in Verg., Propert., and Livy, like fīo, eri: defit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 46; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 12; Lucr. 2, 1142; Verg. E. 2, 22; Prop. 1, 1, 34:

deflunt,

Gell. 20, 8, 5:

defiat,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 63:

defiet,

Liv. 9, 11:

defieri,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2; cf. conficio init.), v. a. and n. [facio], orig., to loosen, set free, remove from; but it passed over at a very early period into the middle sense, to loosen from one's self, to remove one's self, to break loose from; and then gradually assumed the character of a new verb. act., with the meaning to leave, desert, [p. 530] depart from something, or absol., to depart, cease, fail. (For syn. cf.: desum, absum, descisco, negligo.)

Act. in the middle sense, to remove one's self, separate one's self, to withdraw (cf. the Greek aphistanai).—Hence, to forsake, desert, abandon, revolt.

Lit.:

ab amicitia P. R.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 3; 7, 39, 3:

ab Aeduis,

id. ib. 2, 14, 3:

ab rege,

Sall. J. 56, 3; cf. ib. 66:

(consules) a senatu, a republica, a bonis omnibus defecerant,

Cic. Planc. 35; cf.:

a republica,

id. Cat. 11, 28; id. Fam. 12, 10; id. Sull. 12, 35:

ab imperio ac nomine nostro,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31 et saep.:

a patribus ad plebem,

to go over, Liv. 6, 20:

ad se,

Sall. J. 61; cf.:

ad Poenos,

Liv. 22, 61.— Absol.:

civitates quae defecerant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 2; 5, 25, 4; 7, 10 al.—

Trop.:

si a virtute defeceris,

forsake, Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

ut a me ipse deficerem,

id. Fam. 2, 16.—Hence,

As a verb. act., to leave a person or thing, to desert, to fail, forsake, be wanting to (of things;

very rarely of personal subjects): quem jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; so,

vires,

id. B. C. 3, 99 fin.; Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

me Leontina civitas,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110; id. ib. 2, 5, 28 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 1, 13 et saep.:

res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

me dies, vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 21 (imitated word for word, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9); cf.:

ne te de republica disserentem deficiat oratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 23; and:

tempus te citius quam oratio deficeret,

id. Rosc. Am. 32:

animus si te non deficit aequus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 30:

somnus sollicitas domus,

Tib. 3, 4, 20: genitor Phaethontis orbem, i. e. is eclipsed (cf. III. B. infra), Ov. M. 2, 382.— Poet. with a subject-clause: nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos, i. e. I will not cease, etc. Prop. 1, 8, 23 Kuin.—

Pass.:

cum aquilifer jam viribus deficeretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 64, 3; cf.:

mulier a menstruis defecta,

Cels. 2, 8 fin.:

mulier abundat audacia, consilio et ratione deficitur,

Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

aqua ciboque defecti,

Quint. 3, 8, 23; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

sanguine defecti artus,

Ov. M. 5, 96 et saep.:

si qui dotem promisit defectus sit facultatibus,

i. e. unable to pay, Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf.:

te defecta nomina,

ib. 22, 1, 11 fin. —

Middle or neuter, to run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear.

Middle (mostly ante-class. and poet.).

With dat.: mihi fortuna magis nunc defit, quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2:

lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

Verg. E. 2, 22.—

Absol.:

neque opsonium defiat neque supersit,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3;

so opp. superesse,

Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 10:

ut defiat dies,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 63: id. Mil. 4, 6, 46:

numquamne causa defiet, cur? etc.,

Liv. 9, 11.— Trop.:

defectis (sc. animo) defensoribus,

disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 3:

sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum,

weakened, Tac. A. 2, 70; cf. in the foll. no. B. b.—

Neuter.

With dat. (so rarely; mostly poet.):

cum non solum vires, sed etiam tela nostris deficerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1;

so perh.: vires nostris,

id. B. C. 2, 41, 7 (al. nostros); Sil. 8, 661 Oud. N. cr.; cf. id. 10, 10, 193; and Stat. Ach. 1, 445.—

Absol. (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

non frumentum deficere poterat,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37 fin.; cf.:

fructus ex arboribus,

id. ib. 3, 58 fin.:

ejus generis copia,

id. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

tempus anni ad bellum gerendum,

id. ib. 4, 20, 2:

vereor, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, ne oratio deesset, ne vox viresque deficerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11:

nisi memoria forte defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3:

non deficiente crumena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11 et saep.; Juv. 11, 38:

quod plena luna defecisset,

was eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 15; cf.:

solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

id. ib. 1, 16 al.; also simply to set:

qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

Prop. 4, 4, 27: lunā deficiente, waning (opp. crescente), Gell. 20, 8, 5; of fire and light, to go out, expire, become extinct:

ignis,

Verg. G. 352:

lumen,

Petr. 111, 4:

progenies Caesarum in Nerone deficit,

becomes extinct, dies out, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. Pan. 39, 6; Just. 7, 2, 4; Sen. Suas. 2, 22;

but deficit ignis,

does not extend, Verg. A. 2, 505:

in hac voce defecit,

he departed, expired, Suet. Aug. 99; Quint. 6 prooem. § 11: deficit omne quod nascitur, comes to an end, Quint. 5, 10, 79; cf.:

mundum deficere,

id. ib.:

deficit vita,

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 19;

quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant,

had been lost, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

ultima jam passi comites bello Deficiunt,

grow faint, Ov. M. 14, 483:

deficit Matho,

fails, becomes bankrupt, Juv. 7, 129:

debitores,

Dig. 49, 14, 3, § 8:

munimenta defecerant,

yielded, surrendered, Curt. 4, 4, 19.— Trop.:

ne negotio desisteret neu animo deficeret,

nor be disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 112 fin.; so,

animo,

id. B. G. 7, 30; id. B. C. 1, 19; 2, 43; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10;

for which, ne deficiant (apes) animum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34; and in a like sense absol.:

ne una plaga accepta patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9; so Caes. B. C. 2, 31 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 4:

deficit ars,

Ov. M. 11, 537: illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet: si prior defexit publico consilio dolo malo, tu illo die, Juppiter, etc., to depart from, violate the conditions of a treaty, an old formula used in taking an oath, Liv. 1, 24 fin.:

pugnando deficere,

i. e. to be deficient, wanting, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3; cf. poet. with foll. inf.:

suppeditare Materies,

Lucr. 1, 1039; Sil. 3, 112; Tib. 4, 1, 191.— Hence, dēfectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. III.), weak, weakened, worn out, enfeebled (not ante-Aug.):

quod sibi defectis illa tulisset opem,

Ov. F. 3, 674:

defectus annis et desertus viribus,

Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; cf.:

defectissimus annis et viribus,

Col. 1 prooem. §

12: senio (arbor),

id. 5, 6, 37:

laboribus,

Val. Fl. 2, 285:

vadit incerto pede, jam viribus defecta,

Sen. Hippol. 374:

defectae senectutis homine,

Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 3:

in tumidis et globosis (speculis) omnia defectiora (corresp. with paria and auctiora),

smaller, App. Mag. p. 283.— Plur. subst.: dēfecti, ōrum, m.:

sidera obscura attributa defectis,

the weak, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 28.

dē-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj.: defexit, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin., see below, no. III. fin. In the pass., besides the regular form deficior, ante- and postclass., once in Verg., Propert., and Livy, like fīo, eri: defit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 46; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 12; Lucr. 2, 1142; Verg. E. 2, 22; Prop. 1, 1, 34:

deflunt,

Gell. 20, 8, 5:

defiat,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 63:

defiet,

Liv. 9, 11:

defieri,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2; cf. conficio init.), v. a. and n. [facio], orig., to loosen, set free, remove from; but it passed over at a very early period into the middle sense, to loosen from one's self, to remove one's self, to break loose from; and then gradually assumed the character of a new verb. act., with the meaning to leave, desert, [p. 530] depart from something, or absol., to depart, cease, fail. (For syn. cf.: desum, absum, descisco, negligo.)

Act. in the middle sense, to remove one's self, separate one's self, to withdraw (cf. the Greek aphistanai).—Hence, to forsake, desert, abandon, revolt.

Lit.:

ab amicitia P. R.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 3; 7, 39, 3:

ab Aeduis,

id. ib. 2, 14, 3:

ab rege,

Sall. J. 56, 3; cf. ib. 66:

(consules) a senatu, a republica, a bonis omnibus defecerant,

Cic. Planc. 35; cf.:

a republica,

id. Cat. 11, 28; id. Fam. 12, 10; id. Sull. 12, 35:

ab imperio ac nomine nostro,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31 et saep.:

a patribus ad plebem,

to go over, Liv. 6, 20:

ad se,

Sall. J. 61; cf.:

ad Poenos,

Liv. 22, 61.— Absol.:

civitates quae defecerant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 2; 5, 25, 4; 7, 10 al.—

Trop.:

si a virtute defeceris,

forsake, Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

ut a me ipse deficerem,

id. Fam. 2, 16.—Hence,

As a verb. act., to leave a person or thing, to desert, to fail, forsake, be wanting to (of things;

very rarely of personal subjects): quem jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; so,

vires,

id. B. C. 3, 99 fin.; Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

me Leontina civitas,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110; id. ib. 2, 5, 28 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 1, 13 et saep.:

res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

me dies, vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 21 (imitated word for word, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9); cf.:

ne te de republica disserentem deficiat oratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 23; and:

tempus te citius quam oratio deficeret,

id. Rosc. Am. 32:

animus si te non deficit aequus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 30:

somnus sollicitas domus,

Tib. 3, 4, 20: genitor Phaethontis orbem, i. e. is eclipsed (cf. III. B. infra), Ov. M. 2, 382.— Poet. with a subject-clause: nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos, i. e. I will not cease, etc. Prop. 1, 8, 23 Kuin.—

Pass.:

cum aquilifer jam viribus deficeretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 64, 3; cf.:

mulier a menstruis defecta,

Cels. 2, 8 fin.:

mulier abundat audacia, consilio et ratione deficitur,

Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

aqua ciboque defecti,

Quint. 3, 8, 23; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

sanguine defecti artus,

Ov. M. 5, 96 et saep.:

si qui dotem promisit defectus sit facultatibus,

i. e. unable to pay, Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf.:

te defecta nomina,

ib. 22, 1, 11 fin. —

Middle or neuter, to run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear.

Middle (mostly ante-class. and poet.).

With dat.: mihi fortuna magis nunc defit, quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2:

lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

Verg. E. 2, 22.—

Absol.:

neque opsonium defiat neque supersit,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3;

so opp. superesse,

Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 10:

ut defiat dies,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 63: id. Mil. 4, 6, 46:

numquamne causa defiet, cur? etc.,

Liv. 9, 11.— Trop.:

defectis (sc. animo) defensoribus,

disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 3:

sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum,

weakened, Tac. A. 2, 70; cf. in the foll. no. B. b.—

Neuter.

With dat. (so rarely; mostly poet.):

cum non solum vires, sed etiam tela nostris deficerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1;

so perh.: vires nostris,

id. B. C. 2, 41, 7 (al. nostros); Sil. 8, 661 Oud. N. cr.; cf. id. 10, 10, 193; and Stat. Ach. 1, 445.—

Absol. (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

non frumentum deficere poterat,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37 fin.; cf.:

fructus ex arboribus,

id. ib. 3, 58 fin.:

ejus generis copia,

id. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

tempus anni ad bellum gerendum,

id. ib. 4, 20, 2:

vereor, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, ne oratio deesset, ne vox viresque deficerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11:

nisi memoria forte defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3:

non deficiente crumena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11 et saep.; Juv. 11, 38:

quod plena luna defecisset,

was eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 15; cf.:

solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

id. ib. 1, 16 al.; also simply to set:

qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

Prop. 4, 4, 27: lunā deficiente, waning (opp. crescente), Gell. 20, 8, 5; of fire and light, to go out, expire, become extinct:

ignis,

Verg. G. 352:

lumen,

Petr. 111, 4:

progenies Caesarum in Nerone deficit,

becomes extinct, dies out, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. Pan. 39, 6; Just. 7, 2, 4; Sen. Suas. 2, 22;

but deficit ignis,

does not extend, Verg. A. 2, 505:

in hac voce defecit,

he departed, expired, Suet. Aug. 99; Quint. 6 prooem. § 11: deficit omne quod nascitur, comes to an end, Quint. 5, 10, 79; cf.:

mundum deficere,

id. ib.:

deficit vita,

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 19;

quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant,

had been lost, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

ultima jam passi comites bello Deficiunt,

grow faint, Ov. M. 14, 483:

deficit Matho,

fails, becomes bankrupt, Juv. 7, 129:

debitores,

Dig. 49, 14, 3, § 8:

munimenta defecerant,

yielded, surrendered, Curt. 4, 4, 19.— Trop.:

ne negotio desisteret neu animo deficeret,

nor be disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 112 fin.; so,

animo,

id. B. G. 7, 30; id. B. C. 1, 19; 2, 43; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10;

for which, ne deficiant (apes) animum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34; and in a like sense absol.:

ne una plaga accepta patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9; so Caes. B. C. 2, 31 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 4:

deficit ars,

Ov. M. 11, 537: illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet: si prior defexit publico consilio dolo malo, tu illo die, Juppiter, etc., to depart from, violate the conditions of a treaty, an old formula used in taking an oath, Liv. 1, 24 fin.:

pugnando deficere,

i. e. to be deficient, wanting, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3; cf. poet. with foll. inf.:

suppeditare Materies,

Lucr. 1, 1039; Sil. 3, 112; Tib. 4, 1, 191.— Hence, dēfectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. III.), weak, weakened, worn out, enfeebled (not ante-Aug.):

quod sibi defectis illa tulisset opem,

Ov. F. 3, 674:

defectus annis et desertus viribus,

Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; cf.:

defectissimus annis et viribus,

Col. 1 prooem. §

12: senio (arbor),

id. 5, 6, 37:

laboribus,

Val. Fl. 2, 285:

vadit incerto pede, jam viribus defecta,

Sen. Hippol. 374:

defectae senectutis homine,

Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 3:

in tumidis et globosis (speculis) omnia defectiora (corresp. with paria and auctiora),

smaller, App. Mag. p. 283.— Plur. subst.: dēfecti, ōrum, m.:

sidera obscura attributa defectis,

the weak, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 28.

dē-sum, fŭi, esse (ee in deest, deesse, deerit, etc., in the poets per synaeresin as one syll., Lucr. 1, 44; Cat. 64, 151; Verg. G. 2, 233; id. A. 7, 262; 10, 378; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24; Ov. M. 15, 354 et saep.; praes. subj., desiet, Cato R. R. 8; perf., defuerunt, trisyl., Ov. M. 6, 585; fut. inf., commonly defuturum esse, as Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2, etc.;

also defore,

id. Fam. 13, 63; Caes. B. G. 5, 56; Sil. 9, 248; imperf. subj., deforent, Ambros. Hexaem. 3, 13), v. n., to be away, be absent; to fail, be wanting (for syn. cf.: absum, deficio, descisco, negligo; freq. in all periods).

In gen.

Absol.:

non ratio, verum argentum deerat,

Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 69:

frigore enim desunt ignes ventique calore Deficiunt,

Lucr. 6, 360: cf. id. 3, 455; Cato R. R. 8:

omnia deerant, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.:

semper paullum ad summam felicitatem defuisse,

id. ib. 6, 43, 5:

ibi numquam causas seditionum et certaminis defore,

Liv. 45, 18:

quod non desit habentem, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52 et saep.:

non desunt qui, for sunt qui,

Quint. 4, 5, 11; 8, 3, 85; Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

metuo mihi in monendo ne defuerit oratio,

Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 3 and 4:

cui nihil desit, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. Lael. 14, 51:

sive deest naturae quippiam, sive abundat atque affluit,

id. Div. 1, 29, 61:

quantum alteri sententiae deesset animi, tantum alteri superesse,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31; so,

opp. superesse,

Cic. Fam. 13, 63; cf.

opp. superare,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

neu desint epulis rosae,

Hor. Od. 1, 36, 15; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58 et saep.:

hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam Caesari defuit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.; cf. id. B. C. 3, 2, 2; 3, 96, 2. —

With in:

ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis, neque in Crasso redundaret,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 33:

in C. Laenio commendando,

id. Fam. 13, 63 al. —

With inf. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae,

Prop. 1, 16, 7; Sil. 6, 10; Tac. H. 4, 1 al.—

With quominus:

duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, defuisse,

Cic. Rep. 3, 30 fin. (ap. Non. 262, 23); Tac. A. 14, 39.—

With quin:

nihil contumeliarum defuit, quin subiret,

Suet. Ner. 45.—

With ut:

non defuit, ut, etc.,

Capitol. Gord. III. 31.—

Pregn., to fail, be wanting in one's duty, as in rendering assistance, etc.; not to assist or serve, to desert one, to neglect a person or thing.

With dat.:

tantum enitor, ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus opera, consilio, labore desim,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; cf. id. Mur. 4 fin.:

ne tibi desis,

that you be not wanting to yourself, neglect not your own advantage, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 56; 2, 1, 17; 1, 4, 134:

senatu reique publicae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3 sq.:

communi saluti nulla in re,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 2:

Timotheo de fama dimicanti,

Nep. Timoth. 4, 3:

huic rei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 2:

negotio,

id. ib. 2, 41, 3:

decori vestro,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24:

officio et dignitati meae,

id. Att. 7, 17, 4; Liv. 3, 50:

tempori,

id. 21, 27; cf.:

occasioni temporis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 et saep.—

Without dat.:

non deest reipublicae consilium... nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1 fin.; id. Rep. 3, 21:

qui non deerat in causis,

id. Brut. 34, 130:

nec deerat Ptolemaeus,

Tac. H. 1, 22 fin. —

To fall short of, miss, fail to obtain:

ne quis desit gratiae Dei,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 15.

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.