Nī^gris

I. a river in the interior of Africa, now the Joliba or Niger, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30; 8, 21, 32, § 77.— Hence, Nī^grītae, ārum, m., the people living near the Niger, Mel. 1, 4, 3; 3, 10, 4; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43.