neglegens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of neglegō (“disregard, neglect”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛɡ.ɫɛ.ɡẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛɡ.le.d͡ʒens] === Participle === neglegēns (genitive neglegentis, comparative neglegentior, superlative neglegentissimus, adverb neglegenter); third-declension one-termination participle being indifferent to, disregarding, ignoring, slighting, neglecting, negligent overlooking, passing over, neglecting despising, condemning ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Old Italian: negghiente ⇒ Italian: negghienza, → negligenza, negligente ⇒ Sicilian: nigghijenti, → niggliggenti → Old French: negligent French: négligent → English: negligent === References === “neglegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “neglegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “neglegens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “nĕglĭgens”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 435