Luke 13:5

Greek

οὐχί,oo-KEEλέγωLEH-gohὑμῖν,hoo-MEENἀλλ’alἐὰνeh-ANμὴmayμετανοῆτεmeh-tah-no-AY-tehπάντεςPAN-tesὡσαύτωςhoh-SOW-tohsἀπολεῖσθε.ah-po-LAYS-theh

Latin

Nōn,nohndīcōDEE-kohvōbīs:WOH-beessedsedsīseepoenitentiampoy-nih-TEN-tee-amnōnnohnēgeritis,ay-GEH-rih-tisomnēsOM-nayssimilitersih-MIH-lih-terperībitis.peh-REE-bih-tis

English

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
οὐχίall forms, “not, no”	Nōnfrom nōn	οὐχί: no, a strong οὐ. Latin: nōn.
λέγωall forms, “to say”	dīcōall forms	λέγω, dīcō.
ὑμῖνfrom σύ, “you”	vōbīsfrom vōs	ὑμῖν, vōbīs: to you.
ἀλλ’from ἀλλά, “but”	sedall forms	ἀλλά: but. Latin: sed.
ἐὰν μὴfrom ἐάν, “if”	sī nōnfrom sī	ἐὰν μή: if not, unless. ἐάν takes the subjunctive. Latin: sī, if, then nōn.
μετανοῆτεfrom μετανοέω, “to repent”	poenitentiam ēgeritisfrom poenitentia	μετανοῆτε: you repent, from μετανοέω. Latin uses a phrase: poenitentiam ēgeritis, you will have done penance, from poenitentia, repentance.
πάντεςfrom πᾶς, “all, every”	omnēsfrom omnis	πάντες, omnēs: all.
ὡσαύτως“likewise”	similiterall forms	ὡσαύτως: likewise, in the same way. Latin: similiter, similarly.
ἀπολεῖσθεfrom ἀπόλλυμι, “to destroy; middle: perish”	perībitisfrom pereō	ἀπολεῖσθε: you will perish, a future middle of ἀπόλλυμι, to destroy. In the middle it means to perish. Latin: perībitis, from pereō.

New core words

Greek

ἐάν if ἀπόλλυμι destroy; middle: perish

Latin

sī if; whether poenitentia repentance, penance similiter likewise, inthe same way pereō perish, die, be lost

Greek core words met192 / 345 Latin core words met206 / 345

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