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nī̆grēdo, ĭnis, f. [niger], 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.
‡ nī̆grefacĭo, ēre, v. a. [1. niger-facio], to make black, to blacken: nigrefacio, μελανοποιῶ, Vet. Gloss.
Pass.: nigrĕfīo, to become black, Theod. Prisc. 1, 5.
nī̆grĕo, ēre, v. n. [1. niger], to be black (ante-class.): solis occasu nigret, Pac. ap. Non. 144, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 88 Rib.): nimbis nigret, opp. splendet, Att. ib. 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 260 Rib.).
nī̆gresco, grŭi, 3, v. inch. n. (usu. ī) [id.], to become black, grow dark (poet. and post-Aug. prose): latices nigrescere sacros, etc., Verg. A. 4, 454: tenebris nigrescere, id. ib. 11, 824: nigrescunt sanguine venae, Ov. A. A. 3, 503: baca incipiens nigrescere, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 6: nigrescens cutis, id. 26, 1, 5, § 7: nigrescentes dentes, id. 31, 10, 46, § 117: bacae cum jam nigruerint, Col. 12, 48: dies nigrescet, Vulg. Ezech. 30, 18.