Nigrinus

Nigrinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin niger
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin Nigrīnus

    From niger + -īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Nigrīnus m sg (genitive Nigrīnī); second declension

    1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
      1. Gaius Avidius Nigrinus, a Roman consul

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Nigrīnus
    genitive Nigrīnī
    dative Nigrīnō
    accusative Nigrīnum
    ablative Nigrīnō
    vocative Nigrīne

    References

    • “Nigrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “Nigrinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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