nigrans

Latin

Etymology

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

Participle

nigrāns m, f, n (genitive nigrantis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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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