- *Xenizonta*
- present active participle, accusative plural neuter - strange/foreign
- *gar*
- postpositive conjunction - for
- *eisphereis*
- present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you bring in
- *akoas*
- accusative plural feminine - ears/hearing
- *boulometha*
- present middle indicative, 1st person plural - we wish/want
- *oun*
- inferential particle - therefore
- *gnōnai*
- aorist active infinitive - to know
- *an*
- particle - would/might (with potential optative)
- *theloi*
- present active optative, 3rd person singular - might mean/would be
- *einai*
- present active infinitive - to be