[ˈnɪ.ɡɛr], [ˈniː.d͡ʒer]
OriginFrom niger (“black, dark”).
- declension-2, masculineA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
“(Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3DNi^ger2”
- declension-3, masculine, singularNiger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
“Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usque Nigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo.”
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black)
“Nigrum in candida vertere.” — To turn black into white.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:niger.”
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2bad; evil; ill-omened
FormsNigrī(genitive) · Niger(nominative, singular) · Nigrī(nominative, plural) · Nigrī(genitive, singular) · Nigrōrum(genitive, plural) · Nigrō(dative, singular) · Nigrīs(dative, plural) · Nigrum(accusative, singular) · Nigrōs(accusative, plural) · Nigrō(ablative, singular) · Nigrīs(ablative, plural) · Niger(singular, vocative) · Nigrī(plural, vocative) · Nigris(genitive) · Nigris(genitive, singular) · Nigrī(dative, singular) · Nigrim(accusative, singular) · Nigre(ablative, singular) · nigra(feminine) · nigrum(neuter)