LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

nigriceps

nigriceps (genitive nigricipitis)
Classical[ˈnɪ.ɡrɪ.kɛps]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.ɡri.t͡ʃeps]

Meaning

  1. New Latinone terminationblack-headed

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenigricepsnigricepsnigriceps
genitivenigricipitisnigricipitisnigricipitis
dativenigricipitīnigricipitīnigricipitī
accusativenigricipitemnigricipitemnigriceps
ablativenigricipitī
nigricipite		nigricipitī
nigricipite		nigricipitī
nigricipite
vocativenigricepsnigricepsnigriceps
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenigricipitēsnigricipitēsnigricipitia
genitivenigricipitiumnigricipitiumnigricipitium
dativenigricipitibusnigricipitibusnigricipitibus
accusativenigricipitīs
nigricipitēs		nigricipitīs
nigricipitēs		nigricipitia
ablativenigricipitibusnigricipitibusnigricipitibus
vocativenigricipitēsnigricipitēsnigricipitia

Origins

substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *-is Proto-Italic *-kaputis Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin nigriceps From niger (“black”) + -ceps (“headed”).

Quick answers

What does nigriceps mean in Latin?
nigriceps, a adjective, means “black-headed”.
How do you pronounce nigriceps?
In classical Latin, [ˈnɪ.ɡrɪ.kɛps]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈniː.ɡri.t͡ʃeps].