nigresco
Latin
Etymology
From nigreō (“to be black”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈɡreːs.koː/, [nɪˈɡreːs.koː]
Verb
nigrēscō (present infinitive nigrēscere, perfect active nigruī); third conjugation, no passive
- I blacken, darken (become black or dark)
Inflection
Conjugation of nigresco (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
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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 | nigruerimus | nigrueritis | 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 | |||||
nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
nigrēscere | nigrēscendī | nigrēscendō | nigrēscendum | — | — |
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