English → Latin
“negligent” in Latin
dissolvōto unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy; to pay, discharge (a debt etc.); to abolish, abrogate, annulindīligēnscareless, heedless, negligent; neglectedneglegōto neglect, overlook, pass over; to be indifferent to, disregard, ignore, slight, neglect; to despise, condemn
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
negligent
negligens (remiss; opposed to diligens; of persons: ☞ post-classical, of things); in anything, alicujus rei, aliqua re or in aliqua re (☞ post-classical, de aliqua re or circa aliquid): dissolutus (loose, dissolute; of persons). (The words are found in this connection and order.) negligens ac dissolutus; dissolutus et negligens in aliqua re: indiligens (not sufficiently exact, inattentive, heedless; of persons): neglectus, negligenter factus (or with any other participle which the context furnishes; negligently done, of things): parum accuratus (on which sufficient care or accuracy has not been bestowed; of things). [☞ Not incuriosus (or the adverb, incuriose) in classical prose.] Negligent in one’s calling, qui officium facere immemor est, nisi adeo monitus (of a slave; Plaut., Pseud., 4, 7, 2): negligent in one’s domestic affairs, negligens, dissolutus, or dissolutus ac negligens in re familiari (from the context also simply negligens et dissolutus): a negligent exterior (in dress, etc.), cultus corporis parum accuratus (after Gell., 1, 5): hair negligently dressed, capillus negligenter circum caput rejectus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for negligent?
- The usual Latin words for “negligent” are dissolvō, indīligēns, neglegō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.