Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

νεφρός: Difference between revisions

From LSJ

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
(strοng)
(T22)
Line 18: Line 18:
{{StrongGR
{{StrongGR
|strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[affinity]]; a kidney (plural), i.e. ([[figuratively]]) the [[inmost]] [[mind]]: [[reins]].
|strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[affinity]]; a kidney (plural), i.e. ([[figuratively]]) the [[inmost]] [[mind]]: [[reins]].
}}
{{Thayer
|txtha=νεφρου, ὁ, a kidney ([[Plato]], [[Aristophanes]]); plural the [[kidneys]], the loins, as the Sept. for כְּלָיות, used of the [[inmost]] thoughts, feelings, purposes, of the [[soul]]: [[with]] the [[addition]] of καρδίας, Wisdom of Solomon 1:6.
}}
}}

Revision as of 18:06, 28 August 2017

Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: νεφρός Medium diacritics: νεφρός Low diacritics: νεφρός Capitals: ΝΕΦΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: nephrós Transliteration B: nephros Transliteration C: nefros Beta Code: nefro/s

English (LSJ)

ὁ, in pl.,

   A kidneys, Diog.Apoll.6, Hp.Aph.4.78, Pl.Ti.91a, etc.: in dual, Ar.Ra.475: rarely in sg., Id.Lys.962, Euphro 1.25: euphem. for ὄρχεις, Philippid.5.4: metaph., LXXPs.15(16).7. (Cf. OHG. nioro 'kidney', Praenest. nefrones, Lanuv. nebrundines 'kidneys', 'testicles'.)

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νεφρός: ἐν τῷ πληθ., οἱ νεφροί, «τὰ νεφρά», Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1252, Πλάτ. Τίμ. 91Α, κτλ.· οὕτως ἐν τῷ δυϊκῷ, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 475· σπανίως ἐν τῷ ἑνικ., Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 962, Εὔφρων ἐν «Ἀδελφοῖς» 1. 25· ― ὡσαύτως ἐν τῇ μαγειρικῇ κατ’ εὐφημισμὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ ὄρχεις, καλοί γε... οἱ νεφροί, καὶ δύ’ ἁρπάσασα (ἡ Γνάθαινα) κατέπιεν Φιλιππίδης ἐν «Ἀνανεώσει»1. (Ἐντεῦθεν νεφρίδιος, νεφρῖτις, κτλ.· πρβλ. Ἀρχ. Γερμ. niero (niere)).

French (Bailly abrégé)

οῦ (ὁ) :
rein.
Étymologie: DELG cf. gloses de Festus nefrones, nebrundines.

English (Strong)

of uncertain affinity; a kidney (plural), i.e. (figuratively) the inmost mind: reins.

English (Thayer)

νεφρου, ὁ, a kidney (Plato, Aristophanes); plural the kidneys, the loins, as the Sept. for כְּלָיות, used of the inmost thoughts, feelings, purposes, of the soul: with the addition of καρδίας, Wisdom of Solomon 1:6.