φόρος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (φέρω)

   A that which is brought in by way of payment, tribute, φόρου ἀπαγωγή Hdt.1.6,27, cf. IG12.65.2, al., Th.1.96, etc.; ξυμμάχους φόρου ὑποτελεῖς subject to pay tribute, Id.1.56; φόρον ὑποτελέειν to pay tribute, Hdt.1.171, cf. Isoc.12.116; ἀπάγειν Ar.V.707 (anap.); φέρειν Id.Av.191, X.An.5.5.7, Ath.2.1; πόλεις ἃς οἱ ἰδιῶται ἐνέγραψαν φ. φέρειν IG12.212.88; φ. τάξασθαι to agree to pay it Hdt.3.13; φόρον ταῖς πόλεσι τάξαι to fix their quotas of tribute, And.4.11, cf. Isoc.4.120, D.23.209, Aeschin.2.23; φ. δέχεσθαι to receive it, Th.1.96 (of the Ἑλληνοταμίαι), cf. X.Ath.3.2; φ. προσῄει it came in, And. 3.9; τὸν φ. ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων τὸν προσιόντα Ar.V.657 (anap.): pl., φόροι ἥκουσιν Id.Ach.505, cf. Eq.313 (troch.): ὁ βασιλικὸς φ., at Sparta, Pl.Alc.1.123a.    2 generally, any payment, φόρον ἀπέφερον τῷ δήμῳ X.Smp.4.32; κατὰ φόρους by instalments, Senatus consultum ap.Plb.18.44.7; ἐπιβαλλειν φ. impose a forced levy, Plu. Ant.24.