nigro

== English == === Noun === nigro (plural nigroes or nigros) Obsolete spelling of negro. == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniɡro/ Rhymes: -iɡro Syllabification: ni‧gro === Noun === nigro (accusative singular nigron, plural nigroj, accusative plural nigrojn) the color black ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡroː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɡro] === Etymology 1 === From niger (“black”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== nigrō (present infinitive nigrāre, perfect active nigrāvī, supine nigrātum); first conjugation to be black Synonym: nigreō Lucretius, De rerum natura, II.733 ea, quae nigrant nigro de semine nata. things which are black are born of black seed. to make black; to darken Synonym: nigrēscō ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== nigrō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of niger === References === “nigro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nigro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “nigro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.