Niger
From TTT @ frath.net
Latin-English
nĭg|er, -ra, -rum. (ˈni.dʒer) adj.
- Black.
Loci
- αʹ Horace, Sermones 2.2:
| ——— ——— ——— —— Nēc|d(um) ōmnĭs ăb|āctă pāupĕrĭ|ēs ĕpŭ|līs rē|gūm: nām | vīlĭbŭs | ōvīs nīgrīs|qu(e) ēst ŏlĕ|īs hŏdĭ|ē lŏcŭs. ——— ——— |
Nor yet is all poverty driven from the banquets of kings; after all, a place is there today for cheap eggs and black olives. |
- βʹ Martial, Epigrammata 9.22:
| ūt Māu|rī Lĭby̆|cīs cēn|tūm stēnt | dēntĭbŭs | ōrbēs ēt crĕpĕt | īn nōs|trīs || āurĕă | lāmnă tŏ|rīs nēc lāb|rīs nĭsĭ | māgnă mĕ|īs crȳs|tāllă tĕ|rāntūr ēt făcĭ|ānt nīg|rās || nōstră Fă|lērnă nĭ|vēs |
...that a hundred Mauretanian tabletops may stand on Libyan ivory, and gold plate tinkle on our couches, and nothing but the largest crystalware brush against my lips, and snow darken in our Falernian wines. |
