niger – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: niger
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	niger
Singular fem.	nigra
Singular neut.	nigrum
Plural masc.	nigrī
Plural fem.	nigrae
Plural neut.	nigra

Genitive

Singular masc.	nigrī
Singular fem.	nigrae
Singular neut.	nigrī
Plural masc.	nigrōrum
Plural fem.	nigrārum
Plural neut.	nigrōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	nigrō
Singular fem.	nigrae
Singular neut.	nigrō
Plural masc.	nigrīs
Plural fem.	nigrīs
Plural neut.	nigrīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	nigrum
Singular fem.	nigram
Singular neut.	nigrum
Plural masc.	nigrōs
Plural fem.	nigrās
Plural neut.	nigra

Ablative

Singular masc.	nigrō
Singular fem.	nigrā
Singular neut.	nigrō
Plural masc.	nigrīs
Plural fem.	nigrīs
Plural neut.	nigrīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	niger
Singular fem.	nigra
Singular neut.	nigrum
Plural masc.	nigrī
Plural fem.	nigrae
Plural neut.	nigra

Comparison

Superlative

nigerrimus

Sample Sentences

Nigrum in candida vertere. (To turn black into white.)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:niger.
Leda fuit nigra conspicienda coma [...] (Leda was famed for her black hair …) [16 BCE, Ovidius, Amores 2.4]
Fuisse traditur excelsa statura, colore candido, teretibus membris, ore paulo pleniore, nigris uegetisque oculis [...] (It is said that [Caesar] was tall, of a fair complexion, round limbed, rather full faced, with eyes black and piercing …) [121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita divi Iuli 45]
[...] atque in fidem maiestatis adeo permulsisse malas, ut e nigro rutilum aerique similem capillum redderent. (And as a token of their divinity it is said that they stroked [Lucius Domitius'] cheeks and turned his black beard [and hair] to a ruddy hue, like that of bronze.) [121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita Neronis 1]

Adjectives inflected like niger

niger, vafer, glaber,

Etymology

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.

Verbs referencing "niger"

Galician Adjectives negro, Italian Adjectives negro, Portuguese Adjectives negro, French Adjectives noir, Italian Adjectives nero, Asturian Adjectives negru, Romanian Adjectives negru, French Adjectives nègre, Catalan Adjectives negre.