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Nī̆grĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to M. Pescennius Niger, the rival of Septimius Severus, Tert. ad Scap. 3.

nī̆grĭcans, antis, P. a., v. nigrico fin.

nī̆grĭco, āre, v. n. [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.

* nī̆grĭcŏlor, ōris, adj. [1. niger-color], = μελάγχροος, of a black color: facies, Sol. 2.

nī̆grĭcŭlus, a, um [dim. of niger], blackish, dark, swarthy, Varr. L. L. 8, 40, § 79.

nī̆gridĭus, a, um, adj. [1. niger], blackish, Not. Tir. p. 128.

* nī̆grĭfĭco, āre, v. a. [1. niger-facio], to make black, to blacken: dentes, Marc. Emp. 35.

Nī̆grīnus, i, m., Nī̆grīna, ae, f. [1. niger, swarthy], a Roman surname: C Pontius Nigrinus, Suet. Tib. 73.
Fem.: Nigrina, Mart. 4, 75; Inscr. Grut. 430, 3.

Nī̆gris, is (Nī̆gir, Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Nī̆-ger, Mart. Cap. 6, § 673), m., a river in the interior of Africa, now the Joliba or Niger, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30; 8, 21, 32, § 77.
Hence, Nī̆grītae, ārum, m., the people living near the Niger, Mel. 1, 4, 3; 3, 10, 4; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43.

nī̆grĭtĭa, ae, and nī̆grĭtĭes, ēi, f. [1. niger], black color, blackness (post-Aug.): capilli, Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 109; 9, 38, 62, § 134.
Form nigrities, Cels. 8, 4, 19; 5, 20, 3 al.

* nī̆grĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [1. niger], black color, blackness, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 107.