βάρος [ᾰ], ους,
Ionic dialect εος, τό, weight, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II a weight, burden, load, τέκνων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1000, etc.; β. περισσὸν γῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 945: _plural_, βάρη ] Refs 5th c.BC+]weights, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 850a30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III oppressiveness, τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἀφόρητον β. [[ LXX.2Mac.9.10 ] LXX]; βάρος φέρειν to give trouble, τινί [[ “POxy.” 1062.14 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV heaviness, torpor, β. ναρκῶδες [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.345b; σπληνὸς βάρεα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάρη καὶ δυσαρεστήματα perhaps feeling of oppression, [[ 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.37.15. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V metaphorically, heavy weight, σιγῆς β. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1256 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάρος πημονῆς, συμφορᾶς, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 939, “Tr.” 325; χρὴ τοῦ βάρους μεταδιδόναι τοῖς φίλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ βάρους μεταλαμβάνειν Arist [[ “EN” 1171a31; τὰ β. ὅσα ψυχὴν καθέλκοι 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.674 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: hence alone, grief, misery, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 946 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 409; κεφαλῆς πόνος καὶ β. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 603b8; τὸ β. ἔχειν [prev. author] “EN” 1126a23; ἐν συνοχαῖς καὶ βάρεσι 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 292.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of oppressive demands, β. τῶν ἐπιταγμάτων, τῶν φόρων, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.31.5, 1.67.1; τῆς λειτουργίας “BGU” 159.5 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐκέτι δυνάμεθα φέρειν τὰ β. [[ “SIG” 888.67 (Thrace, 3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κουφίσαι τὰ β. [[ “PGiss.” 7.13 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]