nĭgellus, a, um
* Adj. dim. [1. niger], somewhat black, dark (ante-class.): oculi suppaetuli nigellis pupulis, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 8: amiculum,id. ib. 550, 6: vina,Pall. 3, 25, 12: Cadmi nigellae filiae,i. e. the letters of the alphabet,Aus. Ep. 4, 74.