verb transitive intransitive

nīgro

2nd PP nī^grāre · 3rd PP nī^grāvi · 4th PP nī^grātum · conj. 1st

[id.].

Neutr., to be black intransitive •

Neutr., to be black: ea, quae nigrant nigro de semine nata, Lucr. 2, 733.—

Act., to make black, to blacken active

Act., to make black, to blacken.

mgrāsset sibi planctu lacertos, Stat. S. 2, 6, 83.— literal •

Lit.: mgrāsset sibi planctu lacertos, Stat. S. 2, 6, 83.—

to make dark, to darken; P. a., black, dark-colored, dusky figuratively ••

Trop., to make dark, to darken: nigrati ignorantiae tenebris, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 8.—Hence, nī^grans, antis, P. a., black, dark-colored, dusky: nigrantia boum cornua, Varr R. R. 2, 5: nigrantes terga juvenci, Verg. A. 5, 97: nigrantes alae, Ov. M. 2, 535: nigrantes domos ammarum intrāsse silentūm, Prop. 3, 12, 33 (4, 11, 33): nigrante profundo, the sea, Sil. 17, 258: litora, Val. Fl. 4, 697: aegis, i. e. that produces clouds, Verg. A. 8, 353.

Perseus ID: n30952 Key: nigro