nigro

See also: Nigro

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡro/
  • Rhymes: -iɡro

Noun

nigro (accusative singular nigron, plural nigroj, accusative plural nigrojn)

  1. the color black

See also
Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)
     blanka      griza      nigra
             ruĝa ; karmezina              oranĝkolora ; bruna              flava ; kremkolora
             limekolora              verda             
             cejanblua ; grunblua              lazura              blua
             violkolora ; indiga              magenta ; purpura              rozkolora

Latin

Adjective

nigrō

  1. dative masculine singular of niger
  2. dative neuter singular of niger
  3. ablative masculine singular of niger
  4. ablative neuter singular of niger

Etymology

From niger ("black")

Verb

nīgro (present infinitive nigrare, perfect active nigrāvi, supine nigrātum); first conjugation

  1. I am black
    • Lucretius, De rerum natura, II.733
      ea, quae nigrant nigro de semine nata.
      things which are black are born of black seed.
  2. I make black, darken

References
  • nigro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nigro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nigro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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