John 8:50

Jesus answers those who accuse him.

Greek

ἐγὼeh-GOHδὲdehοὐooζητῶzay-TOHτὴνtaynδόξανDOK-sanμου·mooἔστινES-tinὁhoζητῶνzay-TOHNκαὶkaiκρίνων.KREE-nohn

Latin

EgoEH-goautemOW-temnōnnohnquaerōKWAI-rohglōriamGLOH-ree-ammeam:MEH-amestestquīkweequaerat,KWAI-ratetetjūdicet.YOO-dih-ket

English

But I am not seeking my own glory; there is one who seeks it and who judges.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
ἐγὼfrom ἐγώ, “I, me”	Egofrom ego	ἐγώ: I, stated for emphasis. ego.
δὲfrom δέ, “and, but”	autemall forms	δέ, autem.
οὐall forms, “not”	nōnall forms	οὐ, nōn.
ζητῶfrom ζητέω, “to seek”	quaerōall forms	ζητῶ: I seek, from ζητέω. Latin: quaerō.
τὴν δόξανfrom δόξα, “glory, honour”	glōriamfrom glōria	τὴν δόξαν: the glory, from δόξα, glory, honor, a good name. Latin: glōriam, from glōria.
μουfrom ἐγώ, “I, me”	meamfrom meus	μου: of me, so my. Latin uses the adjective meam, agreeing with glōriam.
ἔστινfrom εἰμί, “to be”	estfrom sum	ἔστιν: there is. est.
ὁ ζητῶνfrom ζητέω, “to seek”	quī quaeratfrom quaerō	ὁ ζητῶν: the one seeking, a participle with the article. Latin uses a clause: quī quaerat, one who seeks, in the subjunctive.
καὶfrom καί, “and”	etall forms	καί, et.
κρίνωνfrom κρίνω, “to judge”	jūdicetfrom jūdicō	κρίνων: judging, from κρίνω, to judge. It shares the one article. Latin: jūdicet, from jūdicō, to judge, again subjunctive.

New core words

Greek

δόξα glory, honour κρίνω judge

Latin

glōria glory, honor, praise jūdicō judge; condemn;decide

Greek core words met254 / 345 Latin core words met261 / 345

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