denigro
dē-nī̆gro, āre, v. a., to blacken utterly, dye or color very black (very rare; in the Ciceron. per. not at all).
- I 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.— *
- II Trop.: honorem famamque alicujus, to blacken, i. e. to asperse, defame, Firm. [Math.] 5, 10 fin.
dē-nigro, āre, völlig schwärzen, ganz schwarz machen, Passiv = ganz schwarz werden, terram (v. dem Ölschaum), Varro: capillum, lanam, Plin.: quā (cretā sutoriā) ligulae calceolorum denigrantur, Scrib.: cutis mea denigrata est super me, Vulg.: minium amissā virtute denigratur (Ggstz. permanet sine vitiis suo colore), Vitr.: absol., sol et excandidat et denigrat, Ps. Augustin. serm. app. 246, 4 – übtr., honorem famamque alcis, schwarz machen, verleumden, Firm. math. 5, 10 extr.
dēnigrō, āre, tr., noircir, teindre en noir : Plin. 33, 35 || [fig.] denigrare famam Firm. Math. 5, 10, noircir la réputation de qqn.