νεφρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognates include Latin nefrōnes and Proto-Germanic *neurô.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νεφρός • (nephrós) m (genitive νεφροῦ); second declension

  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) kidney
  2. (euphemistic) testicle
  3. mind

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: nephros, nephro-
  • Greek: νεφρό (nefró) (neuter)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

νεφρός • (nefrós) m (plural νεφροί)

  1. (formal) form of νεφρό (nefró) (neuter), kidney

Declension

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