nigellus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nĭgellus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. niger],

somewhat black, dark (ante-class.): oculi suppaetuli nigellis pupulis, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 8: amiculum, id. ib. 550, 6: vina, Pall. 3, 25, 12: Cadmi nigellae filiae, i. e. the letters of the alphabet , Aus. Ep. 4, 74.

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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