LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

nigrēdō

nigrēdō f (genitive nigrēdinis)
Classical[nɪˈɡreː.doː]Ecclesiastical[niˈɡrɛː.do]

Meaning

  1. blackness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenigrēdō
🝎o		nigrēdinēs
🝎ēs
genitivenigrēdinis
🝎is		nigrēdinum
🝎um
dativenigrēdinī
🝎ī		nigrēdinibus
🝎ibus
accusativenigrēdinem
🝎em		nigrēdinēs
🝎ēs
ablativenigrēdine
🝎e		nigrēdinibus
🝎ibus
vocativenigrēdō
🝎o		nigrēdinēs
🝎ēs

nī^grēdo, ĭnis, f. niger,
I. blackness, black color (post-class.): capilli corvinā nigredine, App. M. 2, p. 118, 31: nigredo ollae, Vulg. Nah. 2, 10; Mart. Cap. 2, § 137: atrae noctis, id. 1, § 67.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*negʷ-?
  2. Latinnigrēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin -ēdō Latin nigrēdō From niger + -ēdō.

Descendants
  • Englishnigredo

Quick answers

What does nigrēdō mean in Latin?
nigrēdō, a noun, means “blackness”.
What is the genitive of nigrēdō?
The genitive singular is nigrēdinis. nigrēdō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce nigrēdō?
In classical Latin, [nɪˈɡreː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [niˈɡrɛː.do].
Where does nigrēdō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *negʷ-? → Latin nigrēdō.