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   A 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 Ki.15.33; λιβανωτικὰ φ. OGI132.11 (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.    b esp. of agricultural produce, crops, PRev.Laws 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 Ev.Matt.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.)