φορτ-ίον, τό,
load, burden, freight, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 9.13 (_plural_), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 26.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 352, “Lys.” 312, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.6, “An.” 7.1.37, +others, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 96, 2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.2Ki.15.33; λιβανωτικὰ φ. “OGI” 132.11 (Alexandria, 2nd c.BC)] LXX+7th c.BC+]; φέρων ἀνθράκων φ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 214 (Lyric poetry); φ. βαστάζειν 3rd c.BC: Teles Philosophus p.10H. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 plural, wares, merchandise, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 643, 693, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, 2.179, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 899, 910, “V.” 1398, “Ra.” 573, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 6. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2.b especially of agricultural produce, crops, [[ PRev.Laws 43.14, +others (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 105.24 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 of a child in the womb, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔρωτος falsa lectio in [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 170. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, μεῖζον φ. ἢ καθ᾽ αὑτὸν αἰρόμενον taking too heavy a burden upon him, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.14; μέγα τὸ φ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 3; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν βαρύτερον τῶν φορτίων.. γυναικός [prev. author] 329; οὔτοι τὸ γῆράς ἐστιν.. τῶν φ. μέγιστον 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 53; τὸ φ. μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστιν NT.Matt.11.30 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; χρυσοῦν φ., of wealth, [[ 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 9. (_diminutive_ only in form, commonly used for φόρτος in Comedy texts and Prose; wrongly condemned as un-Attic by Moer. p.393 P., Thom.Mag. p.16R.) ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]