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φορά

φορά, a carrying

φορά, Ion. φορή, ἡ: (φέρω):—
  • as an act,
    • I (from Act.) carrying, φορᾶς . . φθόνησις οὐ γενήσεται there shall be no refusal to carry thee, S. Tr. 1212; ἐν φορᾷ, i. e. in their arms, Id. Fr. 327; θυρώτοιν φορᾶς payment for carrying . ., IG 42(1).102.305 (Epid., iv B. C.); ψήφου φ. casting oneʼs vote, E. Supp. 484, cf. Pl. Lg. 949a; ἡ φ. καθάπερ πεττῶν movement as of the men in draughts, ib. 739a.
        • b gestation, τριετὴς φ. cj. in IG 42(1).121.10 (Epid., iv B. C.).
      • 2 bringing in of money, payment, χρημάτων Th. 1.96; δασμοῦ, δασμῶν, Pl. Lg. 706b, X. Cyr. 8.6.16; αἱ ὑπόλοιποι φοραί the remaining instalments, Lys. Fr. 1.4, cf. Ostr.Bodl. iii 280 (i A. D.), al.
        • b φ. ἐργάτου, = latura, perh. a workmanʼs pay, Gloss. (latura is also glossed φόρετρον, ibid.; also onus, sarcina, ibid.).
        • c fare, freight, πόση τις ἡ φ.; Eup. 271, cf. Ar. Fr. 300.
      • 3 bringing forth, productiveness, καρποῦ Thphr. CP 3.14.5; opp. ἀφορία, Pl. R. 546a, cf. Arist. GA 750a23; of animals, Ael. NA 17.40; πτηνῶν Gp. 1.8.9.
    • II (from Pass. φέρομαι) being borne or carried along, motion, of the universe and heavenly bodies. ἡ . . θεία τοῦ ὄντος φ. Pl. Cra. 421b, cf. Ti. 39b, 81a; ἡ σύμπασα οὐρανοῦ ὁδὸς καὶ φ. Id. Lg. 897c; ἡ τῶν ἄστρων φ. καὶ ἡλίου Id. Grg. 451c; ἄστρων φοραί Id. Smp. 188b; χειρῶν φ. Hp. Prog. 4; σφαίρας φοραί Pl. Lg. 898b; ἡ φ. καὶ κίνησις Id. Cra. 434c, Tht. 152d; χρόνος . . μέτρον φορᾶς Id. Def. 411b; τύχη φ. ἀδήλου εἰς ἄδηλον ibid.; defined by Arist. as = κίνησις κατὰ τόπον, Ph. 243a8, cf. GC 319b32; κίνησίς ποθέν ποι Id. EN 1174a30; γένεσίς ποθέν ποι Id. Cael. 311b33; φορᾷ ἰέναι Pl. R. 617b; κυκλεῖσθαι . . τὴν αὐτὴν φ. ib.a; μίαν φορὰν κινεῖται Id. Plt. 269e; τό τάχος τῆς φ. Epicur. Ep. 1p.10U.
      • 2 range, φ. ἀκοντίου Antipho 3.2.5.
      • 3 rapid motion, rush, πινέτω κατὰ φορὰν ἡμικοτύλιον let him drink half a cotyle at a draught, Hp. Int. 35; γαστρὸς φοραί Thphr. Fr. 10.3.
      • 4 of persons, impulse, ἡ τοῦ πλήθους φ. Plb. 10.4.3; ἄλογος φ. Id. 30.2.4; ἀκολουθήσομεν ἀλόγως ταῖς τῶν πολλῶν φ. Epicur. Nat. 127 G.; πρὸς τὸν νεωτερισμόν Plu. Galb. 4; παῖς . . φορᾶς μεστός Id. Them. 2; στρατηγὸς μεστὸς φορᾶς Lib. Or. 49.19: pl., ib. 1.2; also, forceful flow of narrative, Luc. Dem.Enc. 7.
        • b tendency, line of thought or action, κατὰ τὰς φ. τῶν Στωϊκῶν on Stoic lines, Phld. Rh. 2.296 S., cf. Id. Herc. 1251.19, Luc. Par. 29.
      • 5 φ. πραγμάτων force of circumstances, D. 18.271: forceful quality, ἡ τοῦ οἴνου [ὑγρότης] φ. ἔχει πολλὴν καὶ δύναμιν Plu. Sanit. 2.132e; φορᾶς σωματικῆς εἰς ἡμᾶς γιγνομένης, of the influences of the stars, Plot. 2.3.2; ἄχρις οὗ φ. γένηται, of a favourable wind, Plu. Mar. 37; favour, τοῦ βασιλέως Philostr. VS 2.32.
      • 6 time, occasion, πέντε ἢ ἓξ φορὰς τὸν μῆνα Dsc. Eup. 2.2 (interpol.), cf. Tz. H. 13.58.
  • B as a thing, that which is borne, esp.,
      • 1 load, freight, burden, μίαν φ. ἐνεγκεῖν Plu. Ant. 68.
      • 2 rent, tribute, X. Cyr. 3.1.34: pl., contributions, D. 21.101; φέροντα σωτηρίας φορὰν πλήρη τῇ πατρίδι Id. 25.21; of the contribution to an ἔρανος, Antiph. 124.9, Hyp. Ath. 11; of contributions in kind, οἴνου φορὴ ἐς τὰ ψυκτήρια SIG 57.44 (Milet., v B. C.).
      • 3 that which is brought forth, fruit, produce, crop, κατανοήσας ἐλαιῶν φορὰν ἐσομένην a large crop, Arist. Pol. 1259a11, cf. HA 553a22, b23; σίτου φ. καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καρπῶν SIG 589.30 (Magn.Mae., ii B. C.); ἡ τοῦ Νείλου φ. τε καὶ αὔξησις CPHerm. 6.4 (iii A. D.): metaph., φορὰ προδοτῶν a large crop of traitors, D. 18.61, D.S. 16.54; ῥητόρων Aeschin. 3.234; φ. γάρ τίς ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς γένεσιν ἀνδρῶν a succession of crops, Arist. Rh. 1390b25.

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