nigresco

Latin

Etymology

From niger (“black”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈɡreːs.koː/, [nɪˈɡreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡres.ko/, [niˈɡrɛsko]

Verb

nigrēscō (present infinitive nigrēscere, perfect active nigruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to blacken, darken (become black or dark)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nigrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)

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	nigruerīmus	nigruerītis	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
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nigrēscendī	nigrēscendō	nigrēscendum	nigrēscendō	—	—

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.