Bible Lexicons

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 Samuel 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. esp. of agricultural produce, crops, PRLaws 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 καθ' 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 Matthew 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.393 P., Thom.Mag. p.16R.)