nigrescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nigresco, nigrescere, nigrui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
become black, grow dark;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...turicremis cum dona imponeret aris, (horrendum dictu) latices nigrescere sacros fusaque in obscenum se vertere vina cruorem..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sive hoc insania fecit sive timor, primusque Medon nigrescere toto corpore et expresso spinae curvamine flecti incipit. huic..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...auxiliumque tulit. tendebam bracchia caelo: bracchia coeperunt levibus nigrescere pennis; reicere ex umeris vestem molibar, at illa pluma..."