Luke 23:41

One of the criminals crucified with Jesus rebukes the other.

Greek

καὶkaiἡμεῖςhay-MAYSμὲνmenδικαίως,dih-KAI-ohsἄξιαAK-sih-ahγὰρgarὧνhohnἐπράξαμενeh-PRAK-sah-menἀπολαμβάνομεν·ah-po-lam-BAH-no-menοὗτοςHOO-tosδὲdehοὐδὲνoo-DENἄτοπονAH-to-ponἔπραξεν.EH-prak-sen

Latin

EtetnōsnohsquidemKWIH-demjūstē,YOOS-taynamnamdignaDIG-nahfactīsFAK-teesrecipimus:reh-KIH-pih-mushichikvērōWAY-rohnihilNIH-hilmalīMAH-leegessit.GEH-sit

English

And we, for our part, are here justly, for we are getting back things worthy of what we did; but this man did nothing wrong.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
καὶfrom καί, “and”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
ἡμεῖςfrom ἐγώ, “I; plural: we”	nōsall forms	ἡμεῖς, nōs: we.
μὲνfrom μέν, “indeed, on the one hand”	quidemall forms	μέν: for our part, looking ahead to a matching δέ. Latin: quidem, indeed.
δικαίως“justly, rightly”	jūstēfrom jūstus	δικαίως, jūstē: justly, both adverbs.
ἄξιαfrom ἄξιος, “worthy”	dignafrom dignus	ἄξια: worthy things, from ἄξιος. Latin: digna, from dignus.
γὰρfrom γάρ, “for”	namall forms	γάρ, nam: for.
ὧν ἐπράξαμενfrom πράσσω, “to do, practise”	factīsfrom factum	ὧν ἐπράξαμεν: of what we did, from πράσσω, to do. Latin has one word, factīs, deeds, an ablative with digna.
ἀπολαμβάνομενfrom ἀπολαμβάνω, “to receive, get back”	recipimusfrom recipiō	ἀπολαμβάνομεν: we are getting back, from ἀπολαμβάνω. Latin: recipimus, from recipiō.
οὗτοςall forms, “this”	hicall forms	οὗτος, hic: this man.
δὲfrom δέ, “and, but”	vērōall forms	δέ, vērō: but.
οὐδὲνfrom οὐδείς, “no one, nothing”	nihilall forms	οὐδέν, nihil: nothing.
ἄτοπονfrom ἄτοπος, “wrong, out of place”	malīfrom malus	ἄτοπον: wrong, literally out of place. Latin: malī, of evil, after nihil.
ἔπραξενfrom πράσσω, “to do, practise”	gessitfrom gerō	ἔπραξεν: did. Latin: gessit, from gerō.

New core words

Greek

μέν indeed; on the one hand

Latin

quidem indeed, certainly; nē … quidem not even dignus worthy, deserving (+abl.)

Greek core words met225 / 345 Latin core words met236 / 345

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