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Mark 15:37

Greek

ὁhoδὲdehἸησοῦςih-ay-SOOSἀφεὶςah-FAYSφωνὴνfoh-NAYNμεγάληνmeh-GAH-laynἐξέπνευσεν.ek-SEP-new-sen

Latin

JēsūsYAY-soosautemOW-temēmissāay-MIH-sahvōceWOH-kehmagnāMAG-nahexpīrāvit.ex-pee-RAH-wit

English

And Jesus, letting out a loud cry, breathed his last.

Word by word

GreekLatinNote
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦςfrom Ἰησοῦς, “Jesus”Jēsūs autemfrom Jēsūsὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς: and Jesus. Latin: Jēsūs autem.
ἀφεὶςfrom ἀφίημι, “to let go, release”ēmissāfrom ēmittōἀφείς: letting out, from ἀφίημι. Latin makes an ablative absolute: ēmissā vōce magnā, a loud voice sent out.
φωνὴνfrom φωνή, “voice, sound, cry”vōcefrom vōxφωνήν: voice or cry, from φωνή. Latin: vōce, from vōx.
μεγάληνfrom μέγας, “great, large, loud”magnāfrom magnusμεγάλην: great, from μέγας. Latin: magnā, from magnus.
ἐξέπνευσενfrom ἐκπνέω, “to breathe out, die”expīrāvitfrom exspīrōἐξέπνευσεν: he breathed out, from ἐκπνέω, that is, he died. Latin: expīrāvit, the root of our word expire.

New core words

Greek core words met133 / 345 Latin core words met143 / 345

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