indiligens

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

in-dīlĭgens, tis, adj. (class., but not in Cic.).

I Act. , careless , heedless , negligent : ne quis tractet illam indiligens, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 23: paterfamilias, Nep. Att. 4, 3; cf. Ter. Ad. 684.— Comp. : si indiligentiores fuerint, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 3.— With gen.: rerum memoriae non indiligens, Gell. 15, 28, 1.—

II Pass. , neglected : hortus, Plin. 19, 14, 19, § 57.— Adv.: indīlĭ-genter , carelessly , heedlessly , negligently (class.): tutari patris bene parta, Ter. Phorm. 788: nihil ab eo indiligenter (factum), Cic. Att. 16, 3, 2.— Comp. : nostros praesidia indiligentius servaturos crediderant, Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 2: efferre, Varr. L. L. 8, § 51 Müll.

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