- *ēsan*
- imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were
- *phagontes*
- aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having eaten
- *artous*
- accusative, masculine, plural - loaves/bread
- *hōsei*
- adverb - about/approximately
- *pentakischilioi*
- nominative, masculine, plural - five thousand
- *andres*
- nominative, masculine, plural - men (adult males)