φορτίον
οὗτος ἐγὼ ταχυτᾶτι· χεῖρες δὲ καὶ ἦτορ ἴσο → this is my speed: my hands and heart are its equal, such am I for speed; my hands and heart are just as good
English (LSJ)
τό,
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.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1301] τό (nach Moeris hellenistisch für das att. φόρτος, von dem es der Form nach dim. ist), Last, Ladung, Fracht, bes. Schiffsladung, auch die Waare selbst; zuerst bei Hes. O. 645. 695, im plur., wie Ar. Ach. 863 Ran. 573 u. sonst; Her. φορτία ἀπ αγινεῖν, 1, 1; φορτίων πλήσαντες πλοῖον 2, 194; μέγιστα ἐκ φορτίων ἐκέρδησαν 4, 152, u. öfter; auch im sing., Ar. Plut. 352 Ach. 209 Lys. 312; Xen. Mem. 3, 13, 6; Dem. 35, 20; Sp., wie Luc. Asin. 19.
