ἄχθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[burden]], [[load]], Il.12.452, Hes.''Op.''692, Tyrt.6, etc.; [[ἄχθεα δυνατώτεραι φέρειν]], of [[camel]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.102, cf. 1.80, Ar.''Ra.''9, Th.4.115; ἄχθος οὐκ εὐάγκαλον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''352; [[ἄχθος ἀρούρης]] = [[burden to the earth]], [[useless weight on the earth]], [[dead weight]], [[excess baggage]], [[worthless weigh]], [[a burden to all]], [[cumberers of the ground]], Il.18.104, Od.20.379, etc.; [[περισσὸν ἄχθος γυναικῶν]] = [[plague]] of women, S.''El.''1241 (lyr.); γῆς ἄλλως ἄχθη [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''176d; ἄχθος μυρία γαίης [[pest]]s, Nic. ''Th.''9: but [[φίλτατον ἄχθος]], of a [[corpse]], E.''Rh.''379 (lyr.): metaph., [[δίδυμον ἄχθος]] = [[double]] [[burden]] of [[praise]], Pi.''N.''6.57.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[load of grief]], χάρμα καὶ ἄχθος Hes.''Sc.''400; ἀπὸ φροντίδος ἄ... βαλεῖν A. ''Ag.''166; λύπης ἄ. S.''El.''120 (lyr.), cf. ''Ant.''1172; φέρειν ἄχθη κακῶν E.''IT''710; [[ἄχθος φέρειν]] = [[bring sorrow]], [[cause sorrow]], X.''Ep.''1.