nigrans

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of nīgro (“be black, make black, darken”).

Participle

nigrāns (genitive nigrantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. being black, black
    • Vergil, Aeneid, V.97
      totidem nigrantis terga iuvencos
      as many dark-backed heifers.
  2. darkening

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative nigrāns nigrantēs nigrantia
genitive nigrantis nigrantium
dative nigrantī nigrantibus
accusative nigrantem nigrāns nigrantēs
nigrantīs 		nigrantia
ablative nigrante
nigrantī1 		nigrantibus
vocative nigrāns nigrantēs nigrantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • “nigrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nigrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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