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nigrico

nigrico · v. n

to be blackish

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 17 · 0.43/10k

What it meant

nī^grĭco — Lewis & Short

nī^grĭco, āre, v. n.1. niger,

I 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.

In the wild

nigricans Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.16.p3
nigricans Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p40
nigricans Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.1.p4
nigricans Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.3.p1
nigricans Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.13.p4
nigricat Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.10.p7

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Where it came from

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