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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɛɡ.ɫɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɛɡ.le.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''neglegō''' (present infinitive neglegere, perfect active neglēxī, supine neglēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''neclegō'' and, less correctly, ''negligō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from ⟨nec-⟩ “not” and [[legō]] “to gather, choose”, so “not to pick up, not to heed”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan considers it a relatively recent compound of ⟨legere⟩ “to collect”, and finds a link with [[grc|ἀλέγω|tr=alégō|t=to heed]] problematic.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary also gives a Proto-Italic ⟨*legō⟩ “to care”.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, “to disregard”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to regard as of no consequence, disregard, as in Plautus, and to do nothing about, neglect, as in Terence, who also uses it of failing to respect people and the gods.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to do without, and to fail to respect orders and laws.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Its participle ''neglēctus'' gave [[en|neglect]] in the 1520s, “to omit to do”, and its present participle gave [[en|negligent]] through ''negligentia''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of neglecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1520s – English ''neglect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To disregard, [[m|en|ignore]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|neglect]], overlook.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fail to respect.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To do without.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[neglectim]]
+ * [[neglēctiō]]
+ * [[neglēctor]]
+ * [[neglēctus]]
+ * [[neglegēntia]]
+ * [[neglēctē]]
+ * [[neglegēns]]
+ * [[neglegenter]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[allegō]]
+ * [[colligō]]
+ * [[dīligō]]
+ * [[ēligō]]
+ * [[intellegō]]
+ * [[legō]]
+ * [[perlegō]]
+ * [[praelegō]]
+ * [[relegō]]
+ * [[sēligō]]
+ * [[en|neglect]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}