- *Erōtōntōn*
- present active participle, genitive plural - asking
- *de*
- postpositive conjunction - and/but
- *autōn*
- genitive plural pronoun - they/them
- *epi*
- preposition with accusative - for
- *pleiona*
- comparative adjective, accusative masculine singular - longer
- *chronon*
- accusative masculine singular - time
- *meinai*
- aorist active infinitive - to stay/remain
- *par'*
- preposition with dative - with
- *autois*
- dative plural pronoun - them
- *ouk*
- negative particle - not
- *epeneusen*
- aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he consented