νωτοφόρος

νωτοφόρ-ος, ον,

• carrying on the back, ὄνοι PCair.Zen. 215.6 (iii B. C.); ὑποζύγια ib. 292.283 (iii B. C.); ἄνδρες LXX 2 Ch. 2.18(17); κτήνη ν. beasts of burden, OGI 200.14 (Axum, iv A. D.).
• • II Subst. νωτοφόρος, ὁ, carrier, porter, PPetr. 3 p.139 (iii B. C.), LXX 2 Ch. 34.13, PTeb. 115.7 (ii B. C.).
  • • 2 neut. νωτοφόρον, τό, beast of burden, X. Cyr. 6.2.34 (but ν. ἡμίονος as cited by Poll. 2.180, cf. PCair.Zen. 8.13 (iii B.C.)), D.C. 56.20.