- *Elegon*
- imperfect, 3rd person plural - they were saying [continuous action]
- *de*
- postpositive conjunction - but/and
- *Mē*
- negative particle - not [prohibition]
- *heortē*
- dative, feminine, singular - feast/festival
- *mēpote*
- conjunction - lest/so that not
- *thorybos*
- nominative, masculine, singular - uproar/tumult/disturbance
- *estai*
- future, 3rd person singular - will be
- *laou*
- genitive, masculine, singular - people