LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

nefrēns

nefrēns (genitive nefrendis)
Classical[ˈnɛ.frẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɛː.frens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationthat cannot bite, toothless

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenefrēnsnefrēnsnefrēns
genitivenefrendisnefrendisnefrendis
dativenefrendīnefrendīnefrendī
accusativenefrendemnefrendemnefrēns
ablativenefrendī
nefrende		nefrendī
nefrende		nefrendī
nefrende
vocativenefrēnsnefrēnsnefrēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenefrendēsnefrendēsnefrendia
genitivenefrendiumnefrendiumnefrendium
dativenefrendibusnefrendibusnefrendibus
accusativenefrendīs
nefrendēs		nefrendīs
nefrendēs		nefrendia
ablativenefrendibusnefrendibusnefrendibus
vocativenefrendēsnefrendēsnefrendia

nĕfrens, dis, adj. ne-frendo,
I. that cannot bite, that has no teeth: nefrendes arietes dixerunt, quod dentibus frendere non possint. Alii dicunt nefrendes infantes esse nondum frendentes, id est frangentes. Livius: Quem ego nefrendem alui lacteam immulgens opem. Sunt qui nefrendes testiculos dici putent, quos Lanuvini appellant nebrundines, Graeci νεφρούς, Praenestini nefrones, Paul. ex Fest. p. 163 Müll.; cf.: coeperunt efferre porcum castratum, quem nefrendum vocabant, id est quasi sine renibus, Fulg. Expos. Serm. Antiq. p. 559, 32: porci amisso nomine lactentis dicuntur nefrendes ab eo, quod nondum fabam frendere possunt, id est frangere, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17.

Origins

  1. Old Latinne
  2. Latinnefrēns

Latin frendō Latin nefrēns From ne- (“not”) + frendō (“grind, gnash”).

Quick answers

What does nefrēns mean in Latin?
nefrēns, a adjective, means “that cannot bite, toothless”.
How do you pronounce nefrēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈnɛ.frẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnɛː.frens].
Where does nefrēns come from?
Old Latin ne → Latin nefrēns.