Nigrinus

Latin

Etymology

From niger +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈɡriː.nus/, [nɪˈɡriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡri.nus/, [niˈɡriːnus]

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.