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niger.

wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈnɪ.ɡɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈniː.d͡ʒer]

  1. wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black)

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
    Nigrum in candida vertere.

  2. black, dark brown

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  3. bad; evil; ill-omened

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”) if this root is assumed also to be the source of *nókʷts (“night”) (Latin nox), thus “black” would attest the intermediate meaning between “bare” and “night”. Possibly cognate with Umbrian 𐌍𐌉𐌓𐌖 (niru, “(possibly) dark, black”), though this form (thought to be accusative singular) is not mentioned in De Vaan.

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