nigrities

Latin

Alternative forms

• negritiēs (New Latin)

Etymology

From nigr- (“black”) +‎ itiēs (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈɡri.ti.eːs/, [nɪˈɡrɪt̪ieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡrit.t͡si.es/, [niˈɡrit̪ː͡s̪ies]

Noun

nigritiēs f (genitive nigritiēī); fifth declension

1. Alternative form of nigritia

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nigritiēs	nigritiēs
genitive	nigritiēī	nigritiērum
dative	nigritiēī	nigritiēbus
accusative	nigritiem	nigritiēs
ablative	nigritiē	nigritiēbus
vocative	nigritiēs	nigritiēs

Descendants

• Portuguese: negrice

References

• “nigrities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nigritia” on page 1,177/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)