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negligentes

Negligentes is a Latin term functioning as the present active participle of neglego, neglegere, meaning neglecting or careless. It can act as an adjective describing conduct or as a nominalized phrase meaning “the negligent ones.” In classical and post-classical Latin, negligentes appears in legal, rhetorical, and moral contexts to denote persons who failed to fulfill duties or obligations, or to characterize conduct deemed negligent.

Etymology and usage: Negligentes derives from neglego, the sense of neglect and disregard being central to

Modern usage: In Romance languages, forms close to negligentes appear as plural adjectives meaning “negligent” or

its
meaning.
The
form
has
contributed
to
the
vocabulary
of
later
Romance
languages
and
to
English
through
the
transmission
of
related
terms
such
as
negligence
and
negligent.
As
a
participial
adjective,
it
agrees
with
nouns
in
gender,
number,
and
case,
making
it
useful
in
diverse
legal
and
ethical
descriptions
within
Latin
texts.
“careless,”
for
example
in
Spanish
or
Portuguese.
In
scholarly
Latin
writing,
negligentes
may
be
used
as
a
nominal
descriptor
for
groups
of
people
deemed
negligent
toward
duties
in
legal,
philosophical,
or
historical
works.
As
a
historical
linguistic
term,
its
relevance
is
primarily
in
discussions
of
Latin
vocabulary,
legal
language,
and
the
transmission
of
related
terms
into
modern
languages.