nĭger | nĭgrum, i (noun N) : (
* Gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).
* Lit.: quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9: quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,Verg. E. 2, 16: hederae nigrae,id. G. 2, 258: silvae (= umbrosae),Hor. C. 1, 21, 7: frons,id. ib. 4, 4, 58: collis,id. ib. 4, 12, 11: lucus,Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165): caelum pice nigrius,Ov. H. 18, 7: nigerrimus Auster,i. e. causing darkness,Verg. G. 3, 278; so, venti,Hor. C. 1, 5, 7: Eurus,id. Epod. 10, 5: nigros efferre maritos,i. e. killed by poison,Juv. 1, 71; cf.: pocula nigra,poisoned,Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris; nigra in candida vertere,to turn black into white,Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.—Subst.: , , n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.
* Trop.
* Of or pertaining to death: nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),of the funeral pile,Hor. C. 4, 12, 26: hora,Tib. 3, 5, 5: dies,the day of death,Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19. Juppiter niger,i. e. Pluto,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.
* Sad, mournful: domus,Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.
* Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.
* Of character, black, bad, wicked: Phormio, nec minus niger, nec minus confidens, quam ille Terentianus est Phormio,Cic. Caecin. 10, 27: hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto,Hor. S. 1, 4, 85.