Mark 14:32

After the supper, Jesus goes out with his disciples.

Greek

ΚαὶkaiἔρχονταιER-kon-taiεἰςaysχωρίονkoh-REE-onοὗhooτὸtoὄνομαO-no-mahΓεθσημανί,geth-say-mah-NEEκαὶkaiλέγειLEH-gayτοῖςtoysμαθηταῖςmah-thay-TAISαὐτοῦ·ow-TOOΚαθίσατεkah-THEE-sah-tehὧδεHOH-dehἕωςHEH-ohsπροσεύξωμαι.pro-SEWK-soh-mai

Latin

EtetveniuntWEH-nee-untininpraedium,PRAI-dee-umcuiKOO-ihnōmenNOH-menGethsemani.get-SEH-mah-nihEtetaitAH-itdiscipulīsdis-KIH-poo-leessuīs:SOO-eesSedēteseh-DAY-tehhīcheekdōnecDOH-nekōrem.OH-rem

English

And they come to a piece of ground whose name is Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.”

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
Καὶfrom καί, “and”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
ἔρχονταιfrom ἔρχομαι, “to come, go”	veniuntfrom veniō	ἔρχονται: they come, a vivid present. Latin: veniunt.
εἰς χωρίονfrom χωρίον, “place, piece of land”	in praediumfrom praedium	εἰς χωρίον: to a piece of ground, from χωρίον, a place. Latin: in praedium, an estate.
οὗfrom ὅς, “who, which”	cuifrom quī	οὗ: whose, the genitive of ὅς, who. Latin uses a dative instead: cui, to which.
τὸ ὄνομαfrom ὄνομα, “name”	nōmenall forms	τὸ ὄνομα: the name, from ὄνομα. Latin: nōmen, with no article. Neither language needs a word for is.
Γεθσημανί“Gethsemane”	Gethsemani	Γεθσημανί: Gethsemane, an Aramaic name meaning oil press. Latin: Gethsemani.
καὶfrom καί, “and”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
λέγειfrom λέγω, “to say”	aitfrom ajō	λέγει: he says. Latin, ait.
τοῖς μαθηταῖςfrom μαθητής, “disciple, learner”	discipulīsfrom discipulus	τοῖς μαθηταῖς: to the disciples, a dative plural of μαθητής. Latin: discipulīs, also dative.
αὐτοῦfrom αὐτός, “he; his”	suīsfrom suus	αὐτοῦ: his. Latin: suīs, his own.
Καθίσατεfrom καθίζω, “to sit, sit down”	Sedētefrom sedeō	καθίσατε: sit, an aorist command of καθίζω, to sit down. Latin: sedēte, from sedeō.
ὧδεall forms, “here”	hīcfrom hic	ὧδε: here. Latin: hīc, with a long i, unlike hic, this.
ἕωςall forms, “until, as far as”	dōnecall forms	ἕως: until. Latin: dōnec.
προσεύξωμαιfrom προσεύχομαι, “to pray”	ōremfrom ōrō	προσεύξωμαι: I have prayed, an aorist subjunctive of προσεύχομαι, to pray. After ἕως the subjunctive looks ahead. Latin also uses a subjunctive: ōrem, from ōrō.

New core words

Greek

ὄνομα name καθίζω sit, sit down ὧδε here, hither ἕως until; as far as προσεύχομαι pray

Latin

nōmen name sedeō sit; stay, remain dōnec until; while, as long as ōrō pray; ask, beg

Greek core words met111 / 345 Latin core words met120 / 345

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