φόρτος

From o-grade of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).

φόρτος • (phórtos) m (genitive φόρτου); second declension

1. load, freight, cargo
2. (figuratively) heavy load, burden
3. vulgar stuff, rubbish, balderdash

• → Greek: φόρτος (fórtos) (learned)

• “φόρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φόρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φόρτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φόρτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φόρτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5414 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • burden idem, page 104.
  • cargo idem, page 114.
  • cumbrance idem, page 189.
  • encumbrance idem, page 271.
  • freight idem, page 344.
  • load idem, page 496.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φόρτος (phórtos).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾ.tos/
• Hyphenation: φόρ‧τος

φόρτος • (fórtos) m (plural φόρτοι)

1. load (volume of work required to be performed or material to be processed (especially an excessive or bothersome volume))

   φόρτος εργασίας ― fórtos ergasías ― workload

   γαστρικός φόρτος ― gastrikós fórtos ― heavy stomach (literally, “gastric load”)

• see: φορτώνω (fortóno)