nigresco

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Latin

Etymology

From nigreō (“to be black”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

nigrēscō (present infinitive nigrēscere, perfect active nigruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to blacken, darken (become black or dark)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nigrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nigrēscō nigrēscis nigrēscit nigrēscimus nigrēscitis nigrēscunt
imperfect nigrēscēbam nigrēscēbās nigrēscēbat nigrēscēbāmus nigrēscēbātis nigrēscēbant
future nigrēscam nigrēscēs nigrēscet nigrēscēmus nigrēscētis nigrēscent
perfect nigruī nigruistī nigruit nigruimus nigruistis nigruērunt,
nigruēre
pluperfect nigrueram nigruerās nigruerat nigruerāmus nigruerātis nigruerant
future perfect nigruerō nigrueris nigruerit nigruerimus nigrueritis nigruerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nigrēscam nigrēscās nigrēscat nigrēscāmus nigrēscātis nigrēscant
imperfect nigrēscerem nigrēscerēs nigrēsceret nigrēscerēmus nigrēscerētis nigrēscerent
perfect nigruerim nigruerīs nigruerit nigruerīmus nigruerītis nigruerint
pluperfect nigruissem nigruissēs nigruisset nigruissēmus nigruissētis nigruissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nigrēsce — — nigrēscite —
future — nigrēscitō nigrēscitō — nigrēscitōte nigrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nigrēscere nigruisse — — — —
participles nigrēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nigrēscendī nigrēscendō nigrēscendum nigrēscendō — —

Descendants

  • French: noircir
  • Old Occitan: negrezir
  • Spanish: negrecer

References

  • “nigresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nigresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nigresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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