Latin edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. See also Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, kidney) and German Niere (kidney).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nefrōnēs m pl (genitive nefrōnum); third declension

  1. (anatomy) testicles, in the dialect of Praeneste

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative nefrōnēs
Genitive nefrōnum
Dative nefrōnibus
Accusative nefrōnēs
Ablative nefrōnibus
Vocative nefrōnēs

Related terms edit

References edit

  • nefrones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish edit

Noun edit

nefrones

  1. plural of nefrón