nigresco

Latin

Etymology

From nigreō (“to be black”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈɡreːs.koː/, [nɪˈɡreːs.koː]

Verb

nigrēscō (present infinitive nigrēscere, perfect active nigruī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I blacken, darken (become black or dark)

Inflection
   Conjugation of nigresco (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nigrēscō nigrēscis nigrēscit nigrēscimus nigrēscitis nigrēscunt
imperfect nigrēscēbam nigrēscēbās nigrēscēbat nigrēscēbāmus nigrēscēbātis nigrēscēbant
future nigrēscam nigrēscēs nigrēscet nigrēscēmus nigrēscētis nigrēscent
perfect nigruī nigruistī nigruit nigruimus nigruistis nigruērunt, nigruēre
pluperfect nigrueram nigruerās nigruerat nigruerāmus nigruerātis nigruerant
future perfect nigruerō nigrueris nigruerit nigruerimus nigrueritis nigruerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nigrēscam nigrēscās nigrēscat nigrēscāmus nigrēscātis nigrēscant
imperfect nigrēscerem nigrēscerēs nigrēsceret nigrēscerēmus nigrēscerētis nigrēscerent
perfect nigruerim nigruerīs nigruerit nigruerimus nigrueritis nigruerint
pluperfect nigruissem nigruissēs nigruisset nigruissēmus nigruissētis nigruissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nigrēsce — — nigrēscite —
future — nigrēscitō nigrēscitō — nigrēscitōte nigrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nigrēscere nigruisse — — — —
participles nigrēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
nigrēscere nigrēscendī nigrēscendō nigrēscendum — —

Descendants

References
  • nigresco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nigresco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nigresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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