nigellus

Latin

Etymology

niger (“black”) +‎ -lus

Adjective

nigellus (feminine nigella, neuter nigellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. somewhat black

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nigellus	nigella	nigellum		nigellī	nigellae	nigella
Genitive	nigellī	nigellae	nigellī		nigellōrum	nigellārum	nigellōrum
Dative	nigellō		nigellō		nigellīs
Accusative	nigellum	nigellam	nigellum		nigellōs	nigellās	nigella
Ablative	nigellō	nigellā	nigellō		nigellīs
Vocative	nigelle	nigella	nigellum		nigellī	nigellae	nigella

Descendants

• Catalan: niell, niella
• English: Nigel, nigella, niello
• French: nielle, nigelle
• Italian: niello, nigella
• Norman: nêle

• Portuguese: nigelo, nigela
• Romanian: neghină
• Sardinian: nieddu, niedhu, nigedhu
• Sicilian: niella
• Spanish: neguilla

References

• “nigellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nigellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nigellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.