φόρτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. load, freight, cargo
2. burden

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• 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.