Luke 1:43

Elizabeth greets Mary, who has come to visit her.

Greek

καὶkaiπόθενPO-thenμοιmoyτοῦτοTOO-toἵναHEE-nahἔλθῃEL-thayἡhayμήτηρMAY-tayrτοῦtooκυρίουkoo-REE-ooμουmooπρὸςprosἐμέ;eh-MEH

Latin

EtetundeUN-dehhochokmihi,MIH-hihututveniatWEH-nee-atmāterMAH-terDominīDO-mih-neemeīMEH-eeadadmē?may

English

And how does this happen to me, that my Lord’s mother would come to me?

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
καὶfrom καί, “and, also”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
πόθεν“from where? how?”	undeall forms	πόθεν: from where, here how. Latin: unde, likewise from where.
μοιfrom ἐγώ, “I”	mihifrom ego	μοι, mihi: to me.
τοῦτοfrom οὗτος, “this”	hocfrom hic	τοῦτο, hoc: this. Neither language has a verb here.
ἵναall forms, “so that, that”	utall forms	ἵνα, ut: that.
ἔλθῃfrom ἔρχομαι, “to come, go”	veniatfrom veniō	ἔλθῃ: would come, an aorist subjunctive. Latin: veniat, also subjunctive.
ἡ μήτηρfrom μήτηρ, “mother”	māterall forms	ἡ μήτηρ: the mother. Latin: māter. English mother shares the same root.
τοῦ κυρίουfrom κύριος, “lord, master”	Dominīfrom dominus	τοῦ κυρίου: of the Lord. Latin: Dominī.
μουfrom ἐγώ, “I”	meīfrom meus	μου: my, literally of me. Latin: meī, from meus.
πρὸς ἐμέfrom πρός, “to, toward”	ad mēfrom ad	πρὸς ἐμέ: to me, with the stressed form ἐμέ. Latin: ad mē.

New core words

Greek

μήτηρ mother

Latin

unde from where, whence; from which, hence māter mother

Greek core words met141 / 345 Latin core words met157 / 345

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