nigricans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of nigricō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡrɪ.kãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɡri.kans] === Participle === nigricāns (genitive nigricantis); third-declension one-termination participle becoming blackish === Adjective === nigricāns (genitive nigricantis); third-declension one-termination adjective blackish, swarthy ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== niger === References === “nigricans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nigricans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.