neglegenter Latin · revision 32582

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''neglegenter''' (comparative neglegentius, superlative neglegentissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''nec-''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|neglegēns|-ter|t1=careless]], from the present participle of [[m|la|neglegō|t=to neglect]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan takes [[m|la|neglegō]] for a fairly recent compound formed with [[m|la|legō|t=to collect]], which he traces to [[ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to collect]]; he finds a link with [[grc|ἀλέγω|tr=alégō|t=to heed]] problematic.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is without due care, carelessly, and also without discrimination.^(OLD 2012) Köbler finds it in Burgundian law, the Bible, councils and inscriptions too.^(Köbler 2010) The comparative is ⟨neglegentius⟩ and the superlative ⟨neglegentissimē⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Without due care, [[m|en|carelessly]], [[m|en|heedlessly]]; indifferently.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Without discrimination.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neglego|alt=neglegō]]

+ * [[neglegens|alt=neglegēns]]

+ * [[neglegentia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}