- *Egeneto*
- aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - there arose/happened
- *de*
- postpositive conjunction - but/and
- *philoneikia*
- nominative feminine singular - dispute/argument
- *en*
- preposition with dative - among
- *autois*
- dative masculine plural - them
- *tis*
- interrogative pronoun, nominative masculine singular - who
- *autōn*
- genitive plural - of them
- *dokei*
- present active indicative, 3rd singular - seems/is considered
- *einai*
- present active infinitive - to be
- *meizōn*
- nominative masculine singular comparative - greater