nigreo

Latin

Etymology

From niger (“black”) +‎ -eō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡre.oː/, [ˈnɪɡreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡre.o/, [ˈniːɡreo]

Verb

nigreō (present infinitive nigrēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to be black or dark

Conjugation

• No perfect or supine forms.

Conjugation of nigreō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nigreō	nigrēs	nigret	nigrēmus	nigrētis	nigrent
	imperfect	nigrēbam	nigrēbās	nigrēbat	nigrēbāmus	nigrēbātis	nigrēbant
	future	nigrēbō	nigrēbis	nigrēbit	nigrēbimus	nigrēbitis	nigrēbunt
passive	present	nigreor	nigrēris, nigrēre	nigrētur	nigrēmur	nigrēminī	nigrentur
	imperfect	nigrēbar	nigrēbāris, nigrēbāre	nigrēbātur	nigrēbāmur	nigrēbāminī	nigrēbantur
	future	nigrēbor	nigrēberis, nigrēbere	nigrēbitur	nigrēbimur	nigrēbiminī	nigrēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nigream	nigreās	nigreat	nigreāmus	nigreātis	nigreant
	imperfect	nigrērem	nigrērēs	nigrēret	nigrērēmus	nigrērētis	nigrērent
passive	present	nigrear	nigreāris, nigreāre	nigreātur	nigreāmur	nigreāminī	nigreantur
	imperfect	nigrērer	nigrērēris, nigrērēre	nigrērētur	nigrērēmur	nigrērēminī	nigrērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nigrē	—	—	nigrēte	—
	future	—	nigrētō	nigrētō	—	nigrētōte	nigrentō
passive	present	—	nigrēre	—	—	nigrēminī	—
	future	—	nigrētor	nigrētor	—	—	nigrentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nigrēre	—	—	nigrērī	—	—
participles		nigrēns	—	—	—	—	nigrendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nigrendī	nigrendō	nigrendum	nigrendō	—	—

Derived terms

• nigrēscō

References

• “nigreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nigreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.