νωτόφορ-ος, ον,
carrying on the back, ὄνοι [[ “PCair.Zen.” 215.6 (3rd c.BC); ὑποζύγια [prev. work] 292.283 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἄνδρες [[ LXX.2Ch.2.18(17) ] LXX]; κτήνη ν. beasts of burden, [[ “OGI” 200.14(Axum, 4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II substantive νωτοφόρος, ὁ, carrier, porter, [[ PPetr. 3p.139(3rd c.BC), LXX.2Ch.34.13, “PTeb.” 115.7 (2nd c.BC). ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 neuter νωτοφόρον, τό, beast of burden, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.34 (but ν. ἡμίονος as cited by 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.180, compare “PCair.Zen.” 8.13 (3rd c.BC)), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]