nigrans

Latin

Etymology

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

Participle

nigrāns (genitive nigrantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. being black, black
   • Vergil, Aeneid, V.97

     totidem nigrantis terga iuvencos

     as many dark-backed heifers.

2. darkening

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	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