φόρτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From o-grade of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰór.tos/ → /ˈɸor.tos/ → /ˈfor.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰór.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰor.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸor.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.tos/

Noun

φόρτος • (phórtos) m (genitive φόρτου); second declension

1. load, freight, cargo
2. (figuratively) heavy load, burden
3. vulgar stuff, rubbish, balderdash

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φόρτος; τοῦ φόρτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φόρτος ho phórtos	τὼ φόρτω tṑ phórtō	οἱ φόρτοι hoi phórtoi
Genitive	τοῦ φόρτου toû phórtou	τοῖν φόρτοιν toîn phórtoin	τῶν φόρτων tôn phórtōn
Dative	τῷ φόρτῳ tôi phórtōi	τοῖν φόρτοιν toîn phórtoin	τοῖς φόρτοις toîs phórtois
Accusative	τὸν φόρτον tòn phórton	τὼ φόρτω tṑ phórtō	τοὺς φόρτους toùs phórtous
Vocative	φόρτε phórte	φόρτω phórtō	φόρτοι phórtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φορτηγός (phortēgós)
• φορτίζω (phortízō)
• φορτικός (phortikós)
• φορτικότης (phortikótēs)
• φόρτιμος (phórtimos)
• φορτίον (phortíon)
• φορτίς (phortís)
• φορτισμός (phortismós)
• φορτοβαστάκτης (phortobastáktēs)
• φορτοστόλος (phortostólos)
• φορτοφορέω (phortophoréō)
• φορτόώ (phortóṓ)

Descendants

• → Greek: φόρτος (fórtos) (learned)

References

• “φόρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φόρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φόρτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φόρτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φόρτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5414 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • burden idem, page 104.
  • cargo idem, page 114.
  • cumbrance idem, page 189.
  • encumbrance idem, page 271.
  • freight idem, page 344.
  • load idem, page 496.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φόρτος (phórtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾ.tos/
• Hyphenation: φόρ‧τος

Noun

φόρτος • (fórtos) m (plural φόρτοι)

1. load (volume of work required to be performed or material to be processed (especially an excessive or bothersome volume))

   φόρτος εργασίας ― fórtos ergasías ― workload

   γαστρικός φόρτος ― gastrikós fórtos ― heavy stomach (literally, “gastric load”)

Declension

Declension of φόρτος

	singular	plural
nominative	φόρτος (fórtos)	φόρτοι (fórtoi)
genitive	φόρτου (fórtou)	φόρτων (fórton)
accusative	φόρτο (fórto)	φόρτους (fórtous)
vocative	φόρτε (fórte)	φόρτοι (fórtoi)

Related terms

• see: φορτώνω (fortóno)