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φορτίον

φορτίον, a load, burden

φορτ-ίον, τό,
  • load, burden, freight, Sapph. Supp. 9.13 (pl.), Alc. Supp. 26.1, Ar. Pl. 352, Lys. 312, X. Mem. 3.13.6, An. 7.1.37, al., Lycurg. 96, Aq. 2 Ki. 15.33; λιβανωτικὰ φ. OGI 132.11 (Alexandria, ii B. C.); φέρων ἀνθράκων φ. Ar. Ach. 214 (lyr.); φ. βαστάζειν Teles p.10H.
      • 2 pl., wares, merchandise, Hes. Op. 643, 693, Hdt. 1.1, 2.179, al., Ar. Ach. 899, 910, V. 1398, Ra. 573, Hyp. Ath. 6.
        • b esp. of agricultural produce, crops, PRev.Laws 43.14, al. (iii B. C.), PTeb. 105.24 (ii B. C.), etc.
      • 3 of a child in the womb, X. Mem. 2.2.5; ἔρωτος f.l. in Anacr. 170.
      • 4 metaph., μεῖζον φ. ἢ καθʼ αὑτὸν αἰρόμενον taking too heavy a burden upon him, D. 11.14; μέγα τὸ φ. Antiph. 3; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν βαρύτερον τῶν φορτίων . . γυναικός Id. 329; οὔτοι τὸ γῆράς ἐστιν . . τῶν φ. μέγιστον Anaxandr. 53; τὸ φ. μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστιν Ev.Matt. 11.30; χρυσοῦν φ., of wealth, Secund. Sent. 9. (Dim. only in form, commonly used for φόρτος in Com. and Prose; wrongly condemned as un-Attic by Moer. p.393P., Thom.Mag. p.16R.)

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