nigreo

Latin

Etymology

From niger (“black”) +‎ -eō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡre.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.ɡre.o]

Verb

nigreō (present infinitive nigrēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

(pre-classical) to be black or dark
Synonym: nigrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of nigreō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nigreō		nigrēs		nigret		nigrēmus		nigrētis		nigrent
	imperfect	nigrēbam		nigrēbās		nigrēbat		nigrēbāmus		nigrēbātis		nigrēbant
	future	nigrēbō		nigrēbis		nigrēbit		nigrēbimus		nigrēbitis		nigrēbunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nigream		nigreās		nigreat		nigreāmus		nigreātis		nigreant
active	imperfect	nigrērem		nigrērēs		nigrēret		nigrērēmus		nigrērētis		nigrērent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		nigrē		—		—		nigrēte		—
active	future	—		nigrētō		nigrētō		—		nigrētōte		nigrentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		nigrēre			—			nigrēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		nigrendī		nigrendō		nigrendum		nigrendō		—		—

Derived terms

nigrēscō

References

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