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nĭger , gra, grum (
I.gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).
I. Lit.: “quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9: “quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,Verg. E. 2, 16: “hederae nigrae,id. G. 2, 258: “silvae (= umbrosae),Hor. C. 1, 21, 7: “frons,id. ib. 4, 4, 58: “collis,id. ib. 4, 12, 11: “lucus,Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165): “caelum pice nigrius,Ov. H. 18, 7: “nigerrimus Auster,” i. e. causing darkness, Verg. G. 3, 278; so, “venti,Hor. C. 1, 5, 7: “Eurus,id. Epod. 10, 5: “nigros efferre maritos,” i. e. killed by poison, Juv. 1, 71; cf.: “pocula nigra,poisoned, Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris; “nigra in candida vertere,to turn black into white, Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.—Subst.: nĭgrum , i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.—
II. Trop.
A. Of or pertaining to death: “nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),of the funeral pile, Hor. C. 4, 12, 26: “hora,Tib. 3, 5, 5: “dies,the day of death, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19.Juppiter niger,” i. e. Pluto, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.—
B. Sad, mournful: “domus,Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.—
C. Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 10.27
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.165
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.278
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.258
    • Horace, Satires, 1.9.72
    • Horace, Satires, 1.4.85
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.315
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.537
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 1705
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.3
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.404
    • Statius, Silvae, 5.1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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