νεφρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognates include Latin nefrōnes and Old High German nioro.

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [nepʰrós]
• (Koine): IPA: [nɛpʰrˈo̞s]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [neɸrˈos]

Noun

νεφρός (genitive νεφροῦ) m, second declension; (nephros)

1. (usually in plural) kidney
2. testicle
3. mind

Inflection

Second declension of νεφρός, νεφροῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νεφρός	νεφρώ	νεφροί
Genitive	νεφροῦ	νεφροῖν	νεφρῶν
Dative	νεφρῷ	νεφροῖν	νεφροῖς
Accusative	νεφρόν	νεφρώ	νεφρούς
Vocative	νεφρέ	νεφρώ	νεφροί

Descendants

• Greek: νεφρό

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Beekes Greek etymological dictionary
• Strong’s concordance number: G3510