nigredo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nigrēdō (“blackness”).
Noun edit
nigredo (uncountable)
- (alchemy) A process of putrefaction or decomposition, one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus.
- Synonym: melanosis
- Coordinate terms: albedo, citrinitas, rubedo
- (psychology) A term in Jungian psychology referring to mental negativity.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈɡreː.doː/, [nɪˈɡreːd̪oː] or IPA(key): /niɡˈreː.doː/, [nɪɡˈreːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈɡre.do/, [niˈɡrɛːd̪o] or IPA(key): /niɡˈre.do/, [niɡˈrɛːd̪o]
Noun edit
nigrēdō f (genitive nigrēdinis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nigrēdō | nigrēdinēs |
| Genitive | nigrēdinis | nigrēdinum |
| Dative | nigrēdinī | nigrēdinibus |
| Accusative | nigrēdinem | nigrēdinēs |
| Ablative | nigrēdine | nigrēdinibus |
| Vocative | nigrēdō | nigrēdinēs |
Descendants edit
- → English: nigredo
References edit
- “nigredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nigredo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.