LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

neglegēntia

neglegēntia f (genitive neglegēntiae)
Classical[nɛɡ.ɫɛˈɡeːn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[neɡ.leˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect
    Turpissima tamen est iactūra quae per neglegentiam fit.The worst [use of time], however, is [what gets] thrown away, which happens through neglect. (Neuter plurals “turpissima,” “iactura,” and “quae” relate to the implied third declension neuter plural “tempora”: passages of time or moments in time.)c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.1
  2. brevity, coldness
  3. disrespect

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

carelessness
neglegentia — in Seneca, ch. XXII

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeneglegēntianeglegēntiae
genitiveneglegēntiaeneglegēntiārum
dativeneglegēntiaeneglegēntiīs
accusativeneglegēntiamneglegēntiās
ablativeneglegēntiāneglegēntiīs
vocativeneglegēntianeglegēntiae

neglĕgentĭa (better than neclĕg-, not neglĭg-), ae, f. neglegens from neglego,
I. carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect (syn. incuria; freq. and class.): neglegentiā, pigritiā, inertiā ... impediri, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28: in accusando, id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59: munditia quae fugiat agrestem et inhumanam neglegentiam, id. Off. 1, 36, 130: accusare aliquem de litterarum neglegentiā, of neglecting to write, id. Att. 1, 6, 1.—So, me nomine neglegentiae suspectum tibi esse doleo, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: epistularum duarum, quas ad me misit, neglegentiam, meamque in rescribendo diligentiam volui tibi notam esse, brevity, coldness, id. ib. 8, 11, 6: sui, Tac. A. 16, 18: quaedam etiam neglegentia est diligens, Cic. Or. 23, 78: institutorum neglegentiam accusare, id. Rep. 4, 3, 3: nam neque neglegentiā tuā, neque odio id fecit tuo, out of disrespect, want of regard, to you, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 27: caerimoniarum auspiciorumque, neglect, Liv. 22, 9: deorum, id. 5, 51: cum ex neglegentia domini vacet (fundus), Gai. Inst. 2, 51.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin neglegēntia From neglegēns (“disregarding, neglecting”) + -ia (abstract-noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Italiannegghienza
  • Catalannegligència
  • Frenchnégligence
  • Italiannegligenza
  • Portuguesenegligência
  • Romanianneglijență
  • Spanishnegligencia

In English words that came into English from neglegēntia

  • negligenceneglegēntia

Quick answers

What does neglegēntia mean in Latin?
neglegēntia, a noun, means “carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect; brevity, coldness; disrespect”.
What is the genitive of neglegēntia?
The genitive singular is neglegēntiae. neglegēntia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce neglegēntia?
In classical Latin, [nɛɡ.ɫɛˈɡeːn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [neɡ.leˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.a].