- *Ēn*
- imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was/existed
- *de*
- postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
- *agelē*
- nominative feminine singular - herd/flock
- *choirōn*
- genitive masculine plural - of pigs/swine
- *hikanōn*
- genitive masculine plural - sufficient/considerable/many
- *boskomenōn*
- present middle participle, genitive masculine plural - feeding/grazing
- *orei*
- dative neuter singular - mountain/hill
- *parekaloun*
- imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were begging/imploring
- *hina*
- subordinating conjunction - that/in order that
- *epitrepsē*
- aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might permit/allow
- *eiselthein*
- aorist active infinitive - to enter/go into
- *epetrepsen*
- aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he permitted/allowed