Hes.Op.643, 693, Hdt.1.1, 2.179, al., Ar.Ach.899,910, V.1398, Ra. 573, Hyp.Ath.6. b. esp. of agricultural
produce, crops,
PRev.Laws 43.14, al. (iii B. C.), PTeb.105.24 (ii B. C.), etc. 3. of
a child in the womb,
X.Mem.2.2.5; ἔρωτοσ f.l. in Anacr.170. 4. metaph., μεῖζον φ. ἢ καθ' αὑτὸν αἰρόμενον taking too heavy a
burden
upon him, D.11.14; μέγα τὸ φ.Antiph.3; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν βαρύτερον τῶν φορτίων ..γυναικόσId.329; οὔτοι τὸ γῆράς ἐστιν ..τῶν φ. μέγιστονAnaxandr.53; τὸ φ. μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστινEv.Matt.11.30; χρυσοῦν φ., of wealth, Secund.Sent.9. (Dim. only in form, commonly used for φόρτοσ in Com. and Prose; wrongly condemned as un-Attic by Moer.p.393 P., Thom.Mag.p.16R.)