nigrities
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From nigr- (“black”) + itiēs (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɪˈɡrɪ.ti.eːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [niˈɡrit̪.t̪͡s̪i.es]
Noun
nigritiēs f (genitive nigritiēī); fifth declension
- alternative form of nigritia
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nigritiēs | nigritiēs |
| genitive | nigritiēī | nigritiērum |
| dative | nigritiēī | nigritiēbus |
| accusative | nigritiem | nigritiēs |
| ablative | nigritiē | nigritiēbus |
| vocative | nigritiēs | nigritiēs |
Descendants
- Portuguese: negrice
References
- “nigrities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nigritia” on page 1,177/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)