"νεφρός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See νεφρός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ne.pʰrós/, /neˈɸros/, /neˈfros/, /ne.pʰrós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /neˈpʰros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /neˈɸros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /neˈfros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /neˈfros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognates include Latin nefrōnes and Proto-Germanic *neurô. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*nekʷʰrós}} Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*negʷʰrós}} Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós, {{cog|la|nefrōnes}} Latin nefrōnes, {{cog|gem-pro|*neurô}} Proto-Germanic *neurô Head templates: {{grc-noun|νεφροῦ|m|second}} νεφρός • (nephrós) m (genitive νεφροῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νεφρός|οῦ}} Forms: nephrós [romanization], νεφροῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ νεφρός [nominative, singular], νεφρώ [dual, nominative], οἱ νεφροί [nominative, plural], τοῦ νεφροῦ [genitive, singular], νεφροῖν [dual, genitive], νεφρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ νεφρῷ [dative, singular], νεφροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς νεφροῖς [dative, plural], τὸν νεφρόν [accusative, singular], νεφρώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς νεφρούς [accusative, plural], νεφρέ [singular, vocative], νεφρώ [dual, vocative], νεφροί [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) kidney Tags: plural-normally
    Sense id: en-νεφρός-grc-noun-HfH8w8ta Categories (other): Anatomy, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 52 28 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 54 25 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 56 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 56 24 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 24 21 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (euphemistic) testicle Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-νεφρός-grc-noun-37DOB-35 Categories (other): Ancient Greek euphemisms
  3. mind
    Sense id: en-νεφρός-grc-noun-HEj2MQ8c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: νεφρῖτις (nephrîtis)
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      "roman": "nephrîtis",
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    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "en",
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            "3": "nephro-",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: nephros, nephro-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: nephros, nephro-"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "νεφρό"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: νεφρό (nefró)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "neuter"
          },
          "expansion": "(neuter)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: νεφρό (nefró) (neuter)"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nefrōnes"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nefrōnes",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *neurô",
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    }
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      "form": "nephrós",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "νεφροῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ὁ νεφρός",
      "roman": "ho nephrós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "nephrṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ νεφροί",
      "roman": "hoi nephroí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ νεφροῦ",
      "roman": "toû nephroû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νεφροῖν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ νεφρῷ",
      "roman": "tôi nephrôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νεφροῖν",
      "roman": "nephroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς νεφροῖς",
      "roman": "toîs nephroîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν νεφρόν",
      "roman": "tòn nephrón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "τοὺς νεφρούς",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "grc:Anatomy",
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          "_dis": "55 24 21",
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      ],
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          "kidney",
          "kidney"
        ]
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "testicle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) testicle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mind"
      ],
      "id": "en-νεφρός-grc-noun-HEj2MQ8c",
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰrós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈɸros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰrós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈpʰros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈɸros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νεφρός"
}
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nephrîtis",
      "word": "νεφρῖτις"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: nephros, nephro-"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "q"
        }
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    }
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      "form": "nephrós",
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    {
      "form": "νεφροῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "οἱ νεφροί",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ νεφροῦ",
      "roman": "toû nephroû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νεφροῖν",
      "roman": "nephroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νεφρῶν",
      "roman": "nephrôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ νεφρῷ",
      "roman": "tôi nephrôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νεφροῖν",
      "roman": "nephroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς νεφροῖς",
      "roman": "toîs nephroîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν νεφρόν",
      "roman": "tòn nephrón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
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      "form": "τοὺς νεφρούς",
      "roman": "toùs nephroús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "roman": "nephré",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "nephrṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νεφροί",
      "roman": "nephroí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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        "(euphemistic) testicle"
      ],
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        "euphemistic"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "mind"
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          "mind",
          "mind"
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      "ipa": "/ne.pʰrós/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/neˈɸros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰrós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈpʰros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈɸros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νεφρός"
}

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