φόρτος, ὁ,
(φέρω) load, freight, cargo, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.163, 14.296, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 631, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 537 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], and later Prose, as [[ “PEnteux.” 2.11 (3rd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 14, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.34] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐποιήσαντό με φ., explained as πεπραγμάτευμαι, προδέδομαι, φόρτος γεγένημαι, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 4.10P. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φ. ἔρωτος, of Europa on the bull, [[ Batrachomyomachia 78, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 4.118. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, heavy load or burden, φ. χρείας, κακῶν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 20, “IT” 1306 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare φορτίον.
__II Attic dialect, vulgar stuff, rubbish, balderdash, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 748 (_anapaest meter_) “Pl.” 796. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III mass of detail, 'stuff', in semi-colloquial sense, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]