I.a river in the interior of Africa, now the Joliba or Niger, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30; 8, 21, 32, § 77.— Hence, Nī^grītae , ārum, m., the people living near the Niger, Mel. 1, 4, 3; 3, 10, 4; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43.
Nī^gris , is (Nī^gir , Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Nī^-ger , Mart. Cap. 6, § 673), m.,