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Ion. φορή, ἡ: (φέρω):—A. as

   A an act,    I (from Act.) carrying, φορᾶς . . φθόνησις οὐ γενήσεται there shall be no refusal to carry thee, S.Tr.1212; ἐν φορᾷ, i. e. in their arms, Id.Fr.327; θυρώτοιν φορᾶς payment for carrying . ., IG42(1).102.305 (Epid., iv B. C.); ψήφου φ. casting one's vote, E.Supp.484, cf. Pl.Lg.949a; ἡ φ. καθάπερ πεττῶν movement as of the men in draughts, ib.739a.    b gestation, τριετὴς φ. cj. in IG42(1).121.10 (Epid., iv B. C.).    2 bringing in of money, payment, χρημάτων Th.1.96; δασμοῦ, δασμῶν, Pl.Lg. 706b, X.Cyr.8.6.16; αἱ ὑπόλοιποι φοραί the remaining instatments, Lys.Fr.1.4, cf. Ostr.Bodl.iii 280 (i A. D.), al.    b φ. ἐργάτου, = latura, perh. a workman's pay, Gloss. (latura is also glossed φόρετρον, ibid.; also onus, sarcina, ibid.).    c fare, freight, πόση τις ἡ φ.; Eup.271, cf. Ar.Fr.300.    3 bringing forth, productiveness, καρποῦ Thphr.CP3.14.5; opp. ἀφορία, Pl.R.546a, cf. Arist.GA750a23; of animals, Ael.NA17.40; πτηνῶν Gp.1.8.9.    II (from Pass. φέρομαι) being borne or carried along, motion, of the universe and heavenly bodies. ἡ . . θεία τοῦ ὄντος φ. Pl.Cra.421b, cf. Ti.39b, 81a; ἡ σύμπασα οὐρανοῦ ὁδὸς καὶ φ. Id.Lg.897c; ἡ τῶν ἄστρων φ. καὶ ἡλίου Id.Grg.451c; ἄστρων φοραί Id.Smp.188b; χειρῶν φ. Hp.Prog.4; σφαίρας φοραί Pl.Lg.898b; ἡ φ. καὶ κίνησις Id.Cra.434c, Tht.152d; χρόνος . . μέτρον φορᾶς Id.Def.411b; τύχη φ. ἀδήλου εἰς ἄδηλον ibid.; defined by Arist. as = κίνησις κατὰ τόπον, Ph.243a8, cf. GC319b32; κίνησίς ποθέν ποι Id.EN1174a30; γένεσίς ποθέν ποι Id.Cael.311b33; φορᾷ ἰέναι Pl.R.617b; κυκλεῖσθαι . . τὴν αὐτὴν φ. ib.a; μίαν φορὰν κινεῖται Id.Plt.269e; τό τάχος τῆς φ. Epicur.Ep.1p.10U.    2 range, φ. ἀκοντίου Antipho 3.2.5.    3 rapid motion, rush, πινέτω κατὰ φορὰν ἡμικοτύλιον let him drink half a cotyle at a draught, Hp.Int.35; γαστρὸς φοραί Thphr.Fr.10.3.    4 of persons, impulse, ἡ τοῦ πλήθους φ. Plb.10.4.3; ἄλογος φ. Id.30.2.4; ἀκολουθήσομεν ἀλόγως ταῖς τῶν πολλῶν φ. Epicur.Nat.127 G.; πρὸς τὸν νεωτερισμόν Plu.Galb.4; παῖς . . φορᾶς μεστός Id.Them.2; στρατηγὸς μεστὸς φορᾶς Lib.Or.49.19: pl., ib.1.2; also, forceful flow of narrative, Luc.Dem.Enc.7.    b tendency, line of thought or action, κατὰ τὰς φ. τῶν Στωϊκῶν on Stoic lines, Phld.Rh.2.296 S., cf. Id.Herc.1251.19, Luc.Par.29.    5 φ. πραγμάτων force of circumstances, D.18.271: forceful quality, ἡ τοῦ οἴνου [ὑγρότης] φ. ἔχει πολλὴν καὶ δύναμιν Plu.2.132e; φορᾶς σωματικῆς εἰς ἡμᾶς γιγνομένης, of the influences of the stars, Plot.2.3.2; ἄχρις οὗ φ. γένηται, of a favourable wind, Plu.Mar. 37; favour, τοῦ βασιλέως Philostr.VS2.32.    6 time, occasion, πέντε ἢ ἓξ φορὰς τὸν μῆνα Dsc.Eup.2.2 (interpol.), cf. Tz.H.13.58.    B as a thing, that which is borne, esp.,    1 load, freight, burden, μίαν φ. ἐνεγκεῖν Plu.Ant.68.    2 rent, tribute, X.Cyr. 3.1.34: pl., contributions, D.21.101; φέροντα σωτηρίας φορὰν πλήρη τῇ πατρίδι Id.25.21; of the contribution to an ἔρανος, Antiph.124.9, Hyp.Ath.11; of contributions in kind, οἴνου φορὴ ἐς τὰ ψυκτήρια SIG57.44 (Milet., v B. C.).    3 that which is brought forth, fruit, produce, crop, κατανοήσας ἐλαιῶν φορὰν ἐσομένην a large crop, Arist. Pol.1259a11, cf. HA553a22,b23; σίτου φ. καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καρπῶν SIG 589.30 (Magn.Mae., ii B. C.); ἡ τοῦ Νείλου φ. τε καὶ αὔξησις CPHerm. 6.4 (iii A. D.): metaph., φορὰ προδοτῶν a large crop of traitors, D.18.61, D.S.16.54; ῥητόρων Aeschin.3.234; φ. γάρ τίς ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς γένεσιν ἀνδρῶν a succession of crops, Arist.Rh.1390b25.