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|Definition=ὁ, (φέρω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[load]], [[freight]], [[cargo]], <span class="bibl">Od.8.163</span>, <span class="bibl">14.296</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 631</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>537</span>, and later Prose, as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEnteux.</span>2.11</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>14</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.34; <b class="b3">ἐποιήσαντό με φ</b>., expld. as <b class="b3">πεπραγμάτευμαι, προδέδομαι, φόρτος γεγένημαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>4.10P.</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἔρωτος</b>, of Europa on the bull, <span class="bibl">Batr.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>4.118</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[heavy load]] or [[burden]], <b class="b3">φ. χρείας, κακῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>1306</span>; cf. [[φορτίον]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Att., [[vulgar stuff]], [[rubbish]], [[balderdash]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>748</span> (anap.) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>796</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[mass of detail]], 'stuff', in semi-colloquial sense, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>1.4</span>.</span>