- *ēsan*
- imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - were
- *gar*
- postpositive conjunction - for/because
- *hōsei*
- adverb - about/approximately
- *andres*
- nominative masculine plural - men
- *pentakischilioi*
- numeral - five thousand
- *eipen*
- aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
- *de*
- postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
- *pros*
- preposition with accusative - to/toward
- *mathētas*
- accusative masculine plural - disciples/students
- *Kataklinate*
- aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - make sit down/recline
- *klisias*
- accusative feminine plural - groups/companies
- *ana*
- distributive preposition - by/in groups of
- *pentēkonta*
- numeral - fifty