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|Definition=[ᾰ], βάρους, Ion. βάρεος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[weight]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.73, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[weight]], [[burden]], [[load]], τέκνων A.''Ch.''1000, etc.; βάρος περισσὸν γῆς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''945: pl., βάρη [[weight]]s, Arist.''Mech.''850a30.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[oppressiveness]], τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἀφόρητον βάρος [[LXX]] ''2 Ma.''9.10; [[βάρος φέρειν]] to [[give trouble]], τινί ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1062.14 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[heaviness]], [[torpor]], βάρος [[ναρκώδης|ναρκῶδες]] Plu. 2.345b; σπληνὸς βάρεα Hp.''Acut.'' (''Sp.'') 4; <b class="b3">βάρη καὶ δυσαρεστήματα</b> perhaps [[feeling of oppression]], Antyll. ap. Stob.4.37.15.<br><span class="bld">V</span> metaph., [[heavy weight]], σιγῆς β. S.''Ant.''1256; [[βάρος πημονῆς]], [[βάρος συμφορᾶς]], Id.''El.'' 939, ''Tr.''325; χρὴ τοῦ βάρους μεταδιδόναι τοῖς φίλοις [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.7.1; ὥσπερ βάρους [[μεταλαμβάνειν]] Arist ''EN''1171a31; τὰ βάρη ὅσα ψυχὴν καθέλκοι Ph.2.674: hence alone, [[grief]], [[misery]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''946(lyr., pl.), S. ''OC''409; κεφαλῆς πόνος καὶ βάρος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''603b8; τὸ βάρος ἔχειν Id.''EN'' 1126a23; ἐν συνοχαῖς καὶ βάρεσι Vett.Val.292.6; of [[oppressive]] [[demand]]s, <b class="b3">βάρη τῶν ἐπιταγμάτων, βάρη τῶν φόρων</b>, Plb.1.31.5, 1.67.1; βάρη τῆς λειτουργίας ''BGU''159.5 (iii A. D.); οὐκέτι δυνάμεθα φέρειν τὰ βάρη ''SIG''888.67(Thrace, iii A. D.); κουφίσαι τὰ β. ''PGiss.''7.13 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">VI</span> in good sense, [[abundance]], πλούτου, ὄλβου, E.''El.''1287, ''IT''416; αἰώνιον βάρος δόξης ''2 Ep.Cor.''4.17; [[strength]], στρατοπέδων Plb.1.16.4; <b class="b3">βάρος τῆς ὑλακῆς</b> [[violence]] of... Alciphr.3.18.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[weight]], [[influence]], Plb.4.32.7, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]19.70, Plu.''Per.''37, etc.; [[gravity]], [[dignity]] of character, Id.2.522e; opp. [[χάρις]], Id.''Demetr.''2.<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> Gramm., [[stress]] of accent, A.D. ''Synt.''98.1.<br><span class="bld">IX</span> in Music, = [[βαρύτης]], [[low pitch]], Aristid.Quint.1.11.