- *Adelphoi*
- vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
- *egō*
- nominative, 1st person singular pronoun - I
- *emauton*
- accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - myself
- *logizomai*
- indicative, present, middle, 1st person singular - I consider/reckon
- *kateilēphenai*
- infinitive, perfect, active - to have seized/laid hold of
- *men*
- particle marking contrast with following *de* - on one hand
- *opisō*
- adverb - behind/back
- *epilanthanomenos*
- participle, present, middle, nominative, masculine, singular - forgetting
- *de*
- particle - on the other hand/but
- *emprosthen*
- adverb - ahead/in front
- *epekteinomenos*
- participle, present, middle, nominative, masculine, singular - reaching out/stretching forward