nigredo
English
Etymology
From Latin nigrēdō (“blackness”).
Noun
nigredo (uncountable)
- (alchemy) A process of putrefaction or decomposition, one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus.
- Synonym: melanosis
- Coordinate terms: albedo, citrinitas, rubedo
- (psychology) A term in Jungian psychology referring to mental negativity.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɪˈɡreː.doː], [nɪɡˈreː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [niˈɡrɛː.d̪o], [niɡˈrɛː.d̪o]
Noun
nigrēdō f (genitive nigrēdinis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nigrēdō | nigrēdinēs |
| genitive | nigrēdinis | nigrēdinum |
| dative | nigrēdinī | nigrēdinibus |
| accusative | nigrēdinem | nigrēdinēs |
| ablative | nigrēdine | nigrēdinibus |
| vocative | nigrēdō | nigrēdinēs |
Descendants
- → English: nigredo
References
- “nigredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nigredo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.