| 23. Morphological Analysis ho {ὁ | ho}: the (definite article • nominative masculine singular) • de {δὲ | dé}: but (postpositive conjunction) • akousas {ἀκούσας | a-koú-sas}: having heard (aorist active participle • nominative masculine singular • from the verb akouo “to hear”) • tauta {ταῦτα | taû-ta}: these things (demonstrative pronoun • accusative neuter plural) • perilypos {περίλυπος | pe-rí-lu-pos}: very sorrowful (adjective • nominative masculine singular) • egenethe {ἐγενήθη | e-ge-nḗ-thē}: he became (aorist passive indicative • third person singular • from the verb ginomai “to become • come to be”) • en {ἦν | ēn}: he was (imperfect active indicative • third person singular • from the verb eimi “to be”) • gar {γὰρ | gár}: for (conjunction • explanatory) • plousios {πλούσιος | ploú-si-os}: rich (adjective • nominative masculine singular) • sphodra {σφόδρα | sphó-dra}: exceedingly (adverb) |