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Lewis Short

(verb) : nīgrĭco, āre, 1. niger
* To be blackish (post-Aug.): epimelas fit, cum in candidā gemmā superne nigricat colos,Plin. 37, 10, 58 fin.; cf. Not. Tir. p. 128.—Hence, nĭgrĭcans, antis, P. a., blackish, swarthy: Tyrius color nigricans aspectu,Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135; 36, 26, 66, § 193.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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