niger gra, grum, adj. with (poet.) comp. nigrior and sup. nigerrimus 1 NEC-, black, sable, dark, dusky: quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere: hederae, V.: Silvae, gloomy, H.: lucus, O.: caelum pice nigrius, O.: nigerrimus Auster, gloomy, V.: nigros efferre maritos, i. e. kill by poison, Iu.
—With acc: (avis) nigra pedes, O.
—Prov.: Candida de nigris facere, O.: nigrum in candida vertere, make black white, Iu.
—Fig., gloomy, unlucky, ill-omened: hun{*}ine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? H.: ignes, i. e. funeral, H.: hora, of death, Tb.
—Black, bad, wicked: nec minus niger, quam Phormio, a blackleg: delectatus sale nigro, malicious, H.