nigritia

See also: Nigritia

Interlingua

Noun

nigritia (plural nigritias)

blackness

Latin

Etymology

niger +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡri.ti.a/, [nɪˈɡrɪt̪iä]

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

Noun

nigritia f (genitive nigritiae); first declension

blackness, black color

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nigritia	nigritiae
Genitive	nigritiae	nigritiārum
Dative	nigritiae	nigritiīs
Accusative	nigritiam	nigritiās
Ablative	nigritiā	nigritiīs
Vocative	nigritia	nigritiae

Synonyms

nigritiēs

Descendants

Italian: nerezza
Romanian: negreață
→ Italian: nigrizia

References

“nigritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
nigritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“nigritia” on page 1,177/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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