φορτίον
phortion
load, burden, freight
Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φορτίον, τό, A. load, burden, freight, Supp. 9.13 (pl.), Supp. 26.1, Pl. 352, Lys. 312, Mem. 3.13.6, An. 7.1.37, al., 96, 2 Ki. 15.33; λιβανωτικὰ φ. OGI 132.11 (Alexandria, ii B. C.); φέρων ἀνθράκων φ. Ach. 214 (lyr.); φ. βαστάζειν p.10H. 2. pl., wares, merchandise, Op. 643, 693, 1.1, 2.179, al., Ach. 899,910, V. 1398, Ra. 573, Ath. 6. b. esp. of agricultural produce, crops, 43.14, al. (iii B. C.), PTeb. 105.24 (ii B. C.), etc. 3. of a child in the womb, Mem. 2.2.5; ἔρωτος f.l. in 170. 4. metaph., μεῖζον φ. ἢ καθʼ αὑτὸν αἰρόμενον taking too heavy a burden upon him, 11.14; μέγα τὸ φ. 3; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν βαρύτερον τῶν φορτίων . . γυναικός 329; οὔτοι τὸ γῆράς ἐστιν . . τῶν φ. μέγιστον 53; τὸ φ. μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστιν Ev.Matt. 11.30; χρυσοῦν φ., of wealth, 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.)
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