Matthew 22:13

In the parable of the wedding feast, a guest has no wedding garment.

Greek

τότεTO-tehὁhoβασιλεὺςbah-sih-LEWSεἶπενAY-penτοῖςtoysδιακόνοις·dih-ah-KO-noysΔήσαντεςDAY-san-tesαὐτοῦow-TOOπόδαςPO-dasκαὶkaiχεῖραςKAY-rasἐκβάλετεek-BAH-leh-tehαὐτὸνow-TONεἰςaysτὸtoσκότοςSKO-tosτὸtoἐξώτερον·ek-SOH-teh-ronἐκεῖeh-KAYἔσταιES-taiὁhoκλαυθμὸςklowth-MOSκαὶkaiὁhoβρυγμὸςbrug-MOSτῶνtohnὀδόντων.o-DON-tohn

Latin

TunctunkdīcitDEE-kitrēxrayxministrīs:mih-NIS-treesLigātīslih-GAH-teesmanibusMAH-nih-busetetpedibusPEH-dih-busejus,EH-yusmittiteMIH-tih-teheumewminintenebrāsTEH-neh-brahsexteriōrēs:ex-teh-ree-OH-raysibiIH-biheritEH-ritflētusFLAY-tusetetstrīdorSTREE-dordentium.DEN-tee-um

English

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie his feet and hands, and throw him out into the darkness outside. There will be the weeping and the grinding of teeth.’

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
τότεall forms, “then, at that time”	Tuncfrom tunc	τότε: then, at that time. Latin: tunc.
ὁ βασιλεὺςfrom βασιλεύς, “king”	rēxall forms	ὁ βασιλεὺς: the king, from βασιλεύς. Latin has no word for the: rēx.
εἶπενfrom λέγω, “to say”	dīcitfrom dīcō	εἶπεν: he said, from λέγω. Latin has the present, dīcit, he says, which tells the story vividly.
τοῖς διακόνοιςfrom διάκονος, “servant, helper”	ministrīsfrom minister	τοῖς διακόνοις: to the servants, from διάκονος, servant. The dative means to. Latin: ministrīs, from minister.
Δήσαντεςfrom δέω, “to bind, tie”	Ligātīsfrom ligō	δήσαντες: having tied, an aorist participle of δέω, to bind. Latin turns it around with an ablative absolute, a phrase set apart in the ablative: ligātīs, having been tied, from ligō.
αὐτοῦfrom αὐτός, “he; his”	ejusfrom is	αὐτοῦ: his. Latin, ejus, placed after the nouns.
πόδαςfrom πούς, “foot”	pedibusfrom pēs	πόδας: feet, the accusative plural of πούς, foot. Latin: pedibus, from pēs. Latin names the hands first.
καὶfrom καί, “and”	etall forms	καὶ, et.
χεῖραςfrom χείρ, “hand”	manibusfrom manus	χεῖρας: hands, from χείρ, hand. Latin: manibus, from manus.
ἐκβάλετεfrom ἐκβάλλω, “to throw out, drive out”	mittitefrom mittō	ἐκβάλετε: throw out, an aorist command from ἐκβάλλω, made of ἐκ, out, and βάλλω, to throw. Latin: mittite, send, from mittō.
αὐτὸνfrom αὐτός, “he”	eumfrom is	αὐτὸν: him. Latin, eum.
εἰςall forms, “into, to”	inall forms	εἰς: into, with the accusative. Latin: in, which means into when it takes the accusative.
τὸ σκότοςfrom σκότος, “darkness”	tenebrāsfrom tenebrae	τὸ σκότος: the darkness, from σκότος, a neuter noun. Latin uses a plural word: tenebrās, from tenebrae, darkness.
τὸ ἐξώτερονfrom ἐξώτερος, “outer, farther out”	exteriōrēsfrom exterior	τὸ ἐξώτερον: the outer, a comparative, from ἐξώτερος, farther out. Greek repeats the article. Latin: exteriōrēs, from exterior.
ἐκεῖall forms, “there”	ibiall forms	ἐκεῖ: there. Latin: ibi.
ἔσταιfrom εἰμί, “to be”	eritfrom sum	ἔσται: will be, the future of εἰμί. Latin: erit.
ὁ κλαυθμὸςfrom κλαυθμός, “weeping”	flētus	ὁ κλαυθμὸς: the weeping, from κλαυθμός. Latin: flētus, a noun from fleō, to weep.
καὶfrom καί, “and”	etall forms	καὶ, et.
ὁ βρυγμὸςfrom βρυγμός, “grinding, gnashing”	strīdor	ὁ βρυγμὸς: the grinding, from βρυγμός. Latin: strīdor, a harsh grating sound.
τῶν ὀδόντωνfrom ὀδούς, “tooth”	dentiumfrom dēns	τῶν ὀδόντων: of the teeth, the genitive plural of ὀδούς, tooth. Latin: dentium, from dēns.

New core words

Greek

τότε then, at that time βασιλεύς king δέω bind, tie πούς foot χείρ hand ἐκβάλλω throw out, drive out εἰς into, to, for ἐκεῖ there

Latin

tunc then, at that time rēx king minister servant, attendant, minister pēs foot manus hand; band (of people); power in in, on (+ abl.); into, onto, against (+acc.)tenebrae darkness ibi there; then

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