nigricans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of nigricō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡrɪ.kãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.ɡri.kans]

Participle

nigricāns (genitive nigricantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. becoming blackish

Adjective

nigricāns (genitive nigricantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. blackish, swarthy

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nigricāns			nigricantēs	nigricantia
genitive	nigricantis			nigricantium
dative	nigricantī			nigricantibus
accusative	nigricantem	nigricāns		nigricantīs nigricantēs	nigricantia
ablative	nigricantī nigricante	nigricantī		nigricantibus
vocative	nigricāns			nigricantēs	nigricantia

Related terms

• niger

References

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