neglectus Latin · revision 36409

+ {{homograph|1|neglected}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la legō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [nɛˈɡɫeːk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [neˈɡlɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''neglēctus''' (feminine neglēcta, neuter neglēctum, superlative neglēctissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ It is also spelled ''neclēctus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The adjective “neglected” is [[der|la|neglegō|t=to disregard, neglect]], its past participle.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan explains the ⟨-e-⟩ of ⟨-legere⟩ as a sign that such compounds are fairly recent, probably formed with [[m|la|legō#2|t=to collect]]; he finds a connection with [[grc|ἀλέγω|tr=alégō|t=to heed]] problematic.^(de Vaan 2008) The simple verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*leg-e-]] and [[ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Used as an adjective, it appears in Cicero's ''De finibus'', which speaks of people who are of little worth and neglected among themselves (''vīlēs neglēctīque'').^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD lists it mainly in the senses of the verb: not cared for, neglected.^(OLD 2012) Georges cites neglected beauty in Ovid, a neglected field in Horace and a neglected camp in Livy, and Statius has the superlative ''neglēctissima''.^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses it of footprints made carelessly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of people held cheap and neglected.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of something done carelessly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius has the superlative ''neglēctissima''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English borrows the participle as the verb [[m|en|neglect]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Not cared for, [[m|en|neglected]], [[m|en|disregarded]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Carelessly made or done.^(OLD 2012)

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+ {{homograph|2|neglect}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la legō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [nɛˈɡɫeːk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [neˈɡlɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''neglēctus''' ''m'' (genitive neglēctūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun “neglect” is [[af|la|neglegō|-tus|t1=to disregard]], a noun of action.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan takes the verb as a compound of [[m|la|legō#2|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first known use is in Terence's ''Heauton timorumenos'': ''haec rēs neutiquam neglēctuī mihi est'', “I am by no means neglecting this matter”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a rare word beside ''neglēctiō'' and ''neglegentia''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL finds it in verse only in Terence and in classical prose only in Pliny the Elder; it reappears from the 4th century AD, mostly in letters such as those of Symmachus, Ennodius and Gregory the Great, and has no plural.^(TLL) The dative in ''neglēctuī habēre'', to leave neglected, recurs in Church canons and later writers.^(TLL)

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+ Medieval British writers used it for inattention or neglect, for failure to carry out a duty, and, in ''neglēctuī trādere'', for consigning something to oblivion.^(DMLBS) Köbler records it in capitularies, Church councils, charters and legal formulae.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it in the dative ''neglēctuī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it in prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 340–402 AD – Symmachus uses it in a letter.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 705 – A letter of Wealdhere uses ''neglēctuī habēre''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The fact of taking no notice, [[m|en|neglect]], [[m|en|disregard]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Failure to perform a task or [[m|en|obligation]].^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|oblivion|alt=Oblivion]] resulting from neglect.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neglegō]]

+ * [[neglegentia]]

+ * [[en|neglect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}