nigrities

Latin

Alternative forms

negritiēs (New Latin)

Etymology

From nigr- (“black”) +‎ itiēs (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡri.ti.eːs/, [nɪˈɡrɪt̪ieːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡrit.t͡si.es/, [niˈɡrit̪ː͡s̪ies]

Noun

nigritiēs f (genitive nigritiēī); fifth declension

Alternative form of nigritia

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nigritiēs	nigritiēs
Genitive	nigritiēī	nigritiērum
Dative	nigritiēī	nigritiēbus
Accusative	nigritiem	nigritiēs
Ablative	nigritiē	nigritiēbus
Vocative	nigritiēs	nigritiēs

Descendants

Portuguese: negrice

References

“nigrities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“nigritia” on page 1,177/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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