| 2. Morphological Analysis elegon {ἔλεγον | é-le-gon}: they were saying (verb • imperfect active indicative • third person plural) • gar {γάρ | gár}: for (conjunction • coordinating • explanatory) • Mē {Μὴ | Mḕ}: not (negative particle • prohibitive) • en {ἐν | en}: in (preposition with dative) • tē {τῇ | tē}: the (definite article • dative feminine singular) • heortē {ἑορτῇ | he-or-Tḗ}: feast • festival (noun • dative feminine singular) • mēpote {μήποτε | mḗ-po-te}: lest • so that not • perhaps (particle introducing feared outcome) • estai {ἔσται | És-tai}: there will be • will be (verb • future middle indicative • third person singular of eimi) • thorybos {θόρυβος | THÓ-ry-bos}: uproar • commotion (noun • nominative masculine singular) • tou {τοῦ | toû}: of the (definite article • genitive masculine singular) • laou {λαοῦ | la-oû}: people • crowd (noun • genitive masculine singular) |