Luke 12:59

Jesus speaks of a debtor taken before a judge.

Greek

λέγωLEH-gohσοι,soyοὐooμὴmayἐξέλθῃςek-SEL-thaysἐκεῖθενeh-KAY-thenἕωςHEH-ohsκαὶkaiτὸtoἔσχατονES-kah-tonλεπτὸνlep-TONἀποδῷς.ah-po-DOHS

Latin

DīcōDEE-kohtibi,TIH-bihnōnnohnexiēsEK-see-aysinde,IN-dehdōnecDOH-neketiamEH-tee-amnovissimumno-WIH-sih-mumminūtummih-NOO-tumreddās.REH-dahs

English

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid even the last small coin.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
λέγωall forms, “to say”	Dīcōfrom dīcō	λέγω, dīcō.
σοιfrom σύ, “you”	tibifrom tū	σοι, tibi: to you.
οὐ μὴfrom οὐ, “not”	nōnall forms	οὐ μή: a double negative, never. Latin: nōn.
ἐξέλθῃςfrom ἐξέρχομαι, “to go out”	exiēsfrom exeō	ἐξέλθῃς: you get out, an aorist subjunctive. Latin uses the future: exiēs, a later form of exībis.
ἐκεῖθεν“from there”	inde	ἐκεῖθεν: from there. Latin: inde.
ἕωςall forms, “until”	dōnecall forms	ἕως: until. Latin: dōnec.
καὶfrom καί, “and; also, even”	etiamall forms	καί: here, even. Latin: etiam, also or even.
τὸ ἔσχατονfrom ἔσχατος, “last”	novissimumfrom novus	τὸ ἔσχατον: the last, from ἔσχατος. Latin: novissimum, the newest, from novus, here meaning last.
λεπτὸνfrom λεπτόν, “small copper coin”	minūtum	λεπτόν: a tiny copper coin, literally thin. Latin: minūtum, a small coin.
ἀποδῷςfrom ἀποδίδωμι, “to give back, pay”	reddāsfrom reddō	ἀποδῷς: you pay back, an aorist subjunctive of ἀποδίδωμι, to give back. Latin: reddās, from reddō.

New core words

Greek

ἔσχατος last ἀποδίδωμι give back, pay

Latin

etiam also, even; yes reddō give back, return; render,pay

Greek core words met187 / 345 Latin core words met200 / 345

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