Matthew 20:13

In the parable, a vineyard owner answers a worker who grumbles about his pay.

Greek

ὁhoδὲdehἀποκριθεὶςah-po-krih-THAYSἑνὶheh-NEEαὐτῶνow-TOHNεἶπεν·AY-penἙταῖρε,heh-TAI-rehοὐκookἀδικῶah-dih-KOHσε·sehοὐχὶoo-KEEδηναρίουday-nah-REE-ooσυνεφώνησάςsoo-neh-FOH-nay-sasμοι;moy

Latin

AtatilleIH-lehrespondēnsres-PON-daynsūnīOO-neeeōrum,eh-OH-rumdīxit:DEEK-sitAmīce,ah-MEE-kehnōnnohnfaciōFAH-kee-ohtibiTIH-bihinjūriam:in-YOO-ree-amnōnneNOH-nehexexdēnāriōday-NAH-ree-ohconvēnistīkon-way-NIS-teemēcum?MAY-kum

English

But he, answering one of them, said, ‘Friend, I am not wronging you. Was it not for a denarius that you agreed with me?’

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
ὁall forms, “the; he”	illeall forms	ὁ, standing alone as he. Latin: ille, that one.
δὲfrom δέ, “but, and”	Atfrom at	δὲ: but. It comes second in its clause. Latin: at.
ἀποκριθεὶςfrom ἀποκρίνομαι, “to answer”	respondēnsfrom respondeō	ἀποκριθεὶς: answering, from ἀποκρίνομαι. Passive in form, active in meaning. Latin: respondēns, from respondeō.
ἑνὶfrom εἷς, “one”	ūnīfrom ūnus	ἑνὶ: to one, from εἷς. Latin: ūnī, from ūnus.
αὐτῶνfrom αὐτός, “he, she, it; self”	eōrumfrom is	αὐτῶν: of them. Latin: eōrum, from is.
εἶπενfrom λέγω, “to say, speak”	dīxitfrom dīcō	εἶπεν: he said, the aorist of λέγω, to say. Latin: dīxit, from dīcō.
Ἑταῖρεfrom ἑταῖρος, “companion, friend”	Amīcefrom amīcus	ἑταῖρε: friend, a vocative, used to address someone. Latin: amīce.
οὐκfrom οὐ, “not”	nōnall forms	οὐκ: not, from οὐ, written οὐκ before a vowel. Latin: nōn.
ἀδικῶfrom ἀδικέω, “to wrong, harm”	faciō injūriamfrom faciō	ἀδικῶ: I wrong, from ἀδικέω. Latin uses a phrase: faciō injūriam, I do injury, from faciō, to do or make.
σεfrom σύ, “you”	tibifrom tū	σε: you. Latin has the dative: tibi, to you, from tū.
οὐχὶfrom οὐχί, “not; surely?”	nōnneall forms	οὐχὶ: not, a stronger οὐ. It opens a question expecting yes. So does the Latin nōnne.
δηναρίουfrom δηνάριον, “denarius”	ex dēnāriōfrom dēnārius	δηναρίου: for a denarius, a day of wages. The genitive gives the price. Latin: ex dēnāriō, using ex, out of.
συνεφώνησάςfrom συμφωνέω, “to agree”	convēnistīfrom conveniō	συνεφώνησάς: you agreed, from συμφωνέω. Latin: convēnistī, you came together, from conveniō.
μοιfrom ἐγώ, “I”	mēcumall forms	μοι: with me. Latin: mēcum.

New core words

Greek

δέ but, and, now ἀποκρίνομαι answer εἷς one λέγω say, speak, tell οὐ not οὐχί not, no; surely?

Latin

ille that,that one; he, she, it at but, yet respondeō answer, reply ūnus one; a, a certain; only dīcō say, speak, tell; call faciō make, do; cause; produce tū you (singular)nōnne not? (expects 'yes')ex out of, from; of; since conveniō come together, assemble;agree

Greek core words met24 / 345 Latin core words met28 / 345

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