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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/
Noun
φόρτος • (phórtos) m (genitive φόρτου); second declension
- load, freight, cargo
- (figuratively) heavy load, burden
- vulgar stuff, rubbish, balderdash
Inflection
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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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.