dē-nī^gro
dē-nī^gro, āre, v. a., to blacken utterly, dye or color very black (very rare; in the Ciceron. per. not at all). Lit.: terram (amurca), Varr. R. R. 1, 55 fin.: lanam, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109: capillum, id. 23, 5, 53, § 99: faciem super carbones, Vulg. Thren. 4, 8.— * Trop.: honorem famamque alicujus, to blacken, i. e. to asperse, defame, Firm. 5, 10 fin.
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Headword (normalized):
dē-nī^gro
Headword (normalized/stripped):
de-ni^gro
Intro Text:
dē-nī^gro, āre, v. a., to blacken utterly, dye or color very black (very rare; in the Ciceron. per. not at all). Lit.: terram (amurca), Varr. R. R. 1, 55 fin.: lanam, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109: capillum, id. 23, 5, 53, § 99: faciem super carbones, Vulg. Thren. 4, 8.— * Trop.: honorem famamque alicujus, to blacken, i. e. to asperse, defame, Firm. 5, 10 fin.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n13090
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