sperno

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sperno, sprēvi, sprētum, 3 ( perf. sync. sprērunt, Prud. Dittoch. 31), v. a. [root spar-, to part; Sanscr. spar-itar, enemy; cf. Lat. parcus; Germ. sperren], to sever, separate, remove (syn.: segrego, separo; perh. only in the foll. passages): jus atque aequom se a malis spernit procul, Enn. ap. Non. 399, 10 (Trag. v. 224 Vahl.):

nunc spes, opes auxiliaque a me segregant spernuntque se,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 2 Brix ad loc.:

ille illas spernit segregatque ab se omnis extra te unam,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 17 Lorenz ad loc.—

Transf., subject., to despise, contemn, reject, scorn, spurn (the class. signif.; esp. freq. after the Aug. period; syn.: contemnere, despicere; pro nihilo putare, etc.;

opp. colere): meam speciem spernat (a little later: se contemnit),

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 20: spernitur orator bonus, horridus miles amatur, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 273 Vahl.):

non respondit, nos sprevit et pro nihilo putavit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 21; id. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

cum spernerentur ab iis, a quibus essent coli soliti,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

sperni ab iis veteres amicitias, indulgeri novis,

id. Lael. 15, 54; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 98:

me animo non spernis,

Verg. E. 3, 74:

comitemne sororem Sprevisti moriens,

id. A. 4, 678:

quis tam inimicus nomini Romano est, qui Ennii Medeam spernat,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

veritas auspiciorum spreta est,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

aliorum judicia,

id. Or. 13, 41:

prodigus et stultus donat quae spernit et odit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 20 et saep.:

doctrina deos spernens,

Liv. 10, 40, 10:

conscientia spretorum (deorum),

id. 21, 63, 7; 30, 40, 5:

ab eo quoque spretum consulis imperium est,

id. 41, 10, 9; so,

imperium,

id. 8, 30, 11:

litteras praetoris,

id. 30, 24, 3:

consilium,

Ov. M. 6, 30; Curt. 3, 2, 18:

voluptates,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 55:

dulces amores,

id. C. 1, 9, 16:

cibum vilem,

id. S. 2, 2, 15:

(genus orationis) spretum et pulsum foro,

Cic. Or. 13, 42:

haudquaquam spernendus auctor,

Liv. 30, 45, 5; cf. Col. 1, 1, 4:

haud spernendos falsi tituli testes,

Liv. 4, 20, 11:

neque morum spernendus,

Tac. A. 14, 40:

spernens dotis,

App. Mag. p. 332.— Poet. with inf.:

nec partem solido demere de die Spernit,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 21:

obsequio deferri spernit aquarum,

Ov. M. 9, 117.

, sprevi, spretum

to scorn, despise, spurn.

sprētus, a, um, Part. of sperno.

sprētus, ūs, m. [sperno], a despising, disdain, scorn, contempt (post-class. and very rare):

insolentissimo spretu deos neglegit,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 3:

spretui maximc est judiciis,

Sid. Ep. 3, 14 fin.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to twitch, to flaunce' of living creatures etc. (rare examples in Arist., A. R., Plb., D.H., AP);

Other forms: only pres.

Derivatives: beside it σπαρίζω (Eust.) like σκαίρω: σκαρίζω.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [992] * h₂sper- `push with the foot.

Etymology: Can be formally identical with Lith. spiriù, spìrti `push with the foot, kick backwards etc.'; here, also with zero grade, the thematic Skt. sphuráti `push with the foot, jump up, have conculsions', with nasal Lat. spernō eig. *push away', `reject', Germ., e.g. OHG spurnan `kick out with the foot, the heel', prob. also Arm. spaṙnam `threaten' (Meillet BSL 31, 52). Further forms with rich lit. in WP. 2, 668ff., Pok. 992f., W.-Hofmann s. spernō, Fraenkel s. spìrti, also in Bq. -- Because of the late and rare ocurrence of σπαίρω Güntert. 146 wants to see in it, perh. corectly, a cross of earlier and much commoner ἀσπαίρω (s. v.) with σκαίρω. Cf. σφυρόν and σπείρω, also σπυρθίζω.

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1) (cf. sphar) cl. 6. P. Dhātup. XXVIII, 95 ;

oppression, sàraich, oppress, Irish sáruighim, Old Irish sáraigim, violo, contemno sár,, outrage, contempt Welsh sarhäed contumelia: *sâro-n, *spâro-n, root sper, kick, spurn; Latin sperno; English spurn; Lithuanian spìrti, kick; Sanskrit sphur, jerk (Stokes). The Welsh has the a pretonic short; is it borrowed from Irish (Stokes)?

excellent, Irish, Early Irish, Old Irish sár-, Welsh hoer, positive, stubborn, assertion, Ogmic Netta-sagru, Sgerettos, Sagrammi: *sagro-s, strong, root seg; Greek $$Go$$'hurós, strong, fast, $$Ge$$'/hw, have; German sieg, victory; Sanskrit sáhas, might.

search, Irish sirim ( sírim, Con.), Early Irish sirim: *s(p)eri-, root sper, foot it; Norse spyrja, ask, track, Scottish spere, ask after, German spüren, trace, track, also further English spur; Latin sperno (English spurn allied), etc. The vowel of sir is short (otherwise Stokes' Dict., Rhys Manx Pray.$$+2 71, who compares Welsh chwilio.

hoof or ham of cattle, claw talon, ankle and thereabouts of the human leg, Irish speirr, hough, ham: *s-peri-; compare Welsh ffer, ankle, ber, leg, shank: Cornish fer, crus, Early Irish seir, heel, di pherid: *speret-, Greek $$G sfurón, ankle, heel; root sper, English spur, spurn, Latin sperno, etc.

aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).

Lit.:

gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

regem ut externum aspernari,

Tac. A. 2, 1:

matrem,

id. ib. 4, 57:

de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

id. ib. 15, 27:

hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

Suet. Caes. 53:

si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

regis liberalitatem,

id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

Liv. 7, 3:

deditionem alicujus,

id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

consilia,

Tac. G. 8:

sententiam,

id. ib. 11:

honorem,

id. ib. 27:

militiam,

id. H. 2, 36:

disciplinam,

id. A. 1, 16:

virtutem,

id. ib. 13, 2:

panem,

Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

haud aspernanda precare,

Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

dare aspernabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —

Trop.:

qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—

► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

aliquid accipere,

Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).

Lit.:

gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

regem ut externum aspernari,

Tac. A. 2, 1:

matrem,

id. ib. 4, 57:

de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

id. ib. 15, 27:

hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

Suet. Caes. 53:

si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

regis liberalitatem,

id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

Liv. 7, 3:

deditionem alicujus,

id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

consilia,

Tac. G. 8:

sententiam,

id. ib. 11:

honorem,

id. ib. 27:

militiam,

id. H. 2, 36:

disciplinam,

id. A. 1, 16:

virtutem,

id. ib. 13, 2:

panem,

Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

haud aspernanda precare,

Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

dare aspernabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —

Trop.:

qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—

► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

aliquid accipere,

Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

dē-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( inf. perf. despexe, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 72), v. n. and a.

To look down upon any thing (for syn. cf.: contemno, sperno, aspernor).

Lit. (mestly poet.).

Neutr.: ad te per impluvium tuum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 72; 2, 3, 16:

de vertice montis in valles,

Ov. M. 11, 504:

a summo caelo in aequora,

id. A. A. 2, 87:

medios in agros,

id. M. 1, 601:

in vias,

Hor. Od. 3, 7, 30 al. — Absol.:

vultus suspicientis et despicientis,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.— Pass. impers.:

colles, qua despici poterat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 2; Liv. 44, 6; Amm. 19, 5.—

Act.:

si quis Pacuviano invehens curru multas et varias gentis et urbis despicere et oculis conlustrare possit,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

Juppiter aethere summo Despiciens mare velivolum terrasque jacentis, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 224 (v. Conington ad loc.); cf. Ov. M. 2, 178; id. F. 4, 569:

e tumulis subjectam urbem,

Sil. 12, 488:

culmine cuncta,

Luc. 5, 251:

cavā montis convalle,

Verg. G. 2, 187 (Forb. ad loc.):

quos (populos) despicit Arctos,

Luc. 1, 458.—(Acc. to Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 236, despicio with acc. always has the trop. force, to despise; and in all these passages should be read dispicere; and so Rib. in Verg., Munro ad Lucr. 4, 418; cf. dispicio.)—

Trop. as v. act., to look down upon, to despise, disdain (class. and very freq. —syn.:

contemnere, spernere): ut omnes despiciat, ut hominem prae se neminem putet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 3, 18 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 17:

divitias (with contemnere honores),

id. Lael. 23:

suos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3;

ipsos,

id. B. G. 1, 13, 5:

legionem propter paucitatem,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3; cf.

copias,

id. B. C. 3, 23; 87:

paucitatem militum,

id. ib. 3, 111; id. B. G. 6, 39 fin.:

ullum laborem aut munus,

to disdain, decline, shun, id. B. C. 3, 8 fin. et saep.:

dum despicis omnes,

Verg. E. 8, 32; Ov. M. 9, 438 et saep.—In part. perf.:

homines despecti et contempti,

Cic. Sest. 40, 87; cf.:

huic despecto saluti fuit,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2 (corresp. with contemptus and contemnentibus).—Partic. with the gen.:

despiciens sui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89 extr.; and poet.:

despectus taedae,

Sil. 8, 54.—

To look away, not to regard, not to attend:

simul atque ille despexerit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22.— Hence, P. a., dēspectus, a, um, contemptible, despicable:

natura ejus,

Tac. A. 13, 47: Euphrates, ingens modo, inde tenuis rivus, despectus emoritur, Mela, 3, 8, 5.— Comp.: improbos despectiores facere, Boëth. Cons. Phil. 3, pros. 4, p. 47 Obbar.

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.