nigrans

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