- *nēsteusas*
- aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having fasted
- *hēmeras*
- accusative, feminine, plural - days [object of time]
- *tessarakonta*
- numeral - forty
- *nuktas*
- accusative, feminine, plural - nights [object of time]
- *husteron*
- adverb - afterward/later
- *epeinasen*
- aorist active, 3rd singular - he hungered/became hungry