φορτίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φόρτος (phórtos, “load, weight”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰor.tí.on/ → /ɸorˈti.on/ → /forˈti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰor.tí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰorˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸorˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /forˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /forˈti.on/

Noun

φορτῐ́ον • (phortíon) n (genitive φορτῐ́ου); second declension

1. load, burden

   Synonyms: ἄχθος (ákhthos), γόμος (gómos)

2. freight, cargo

   Synonym: γόμος (gómos)

3. (in the plural) wares, merchandise
4. (in the plural) agricultural product, crops
5. (in the plural) internal structure, installation (of a building)
6. child in the womb
7. (figuratively) burden, cause of worry

Declension

Second declension of τὸ φορτῐ́ον; τοῦ φορτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φορτῐ́ον tò phortíon	τὼ φορτῐ́ω tṑ phortíō	τᾰ̀ φορτῐ́ᾰ tà phortía
Genitive	τοῦ φορτῐ́ου toû phortíou	τοῖν φορτῐ́οιν toîn phortíoin	τῶν φορτῐ́ων tôn phortíōn
Dative	τῷ φορτῐ́ῳ tôi phortíōi	τοῖν φορτῐ́οιν toîn phortíoin	τοῖς φορτῐ́οις toîs phortíois
Accusative	τὸ φορτῐ́ον tò phortíon	τὼ φορτῐ́ω tṑ phortíō	τᾰ̀ φορτῐ́ᾰ tà phortía
Vocative	φορτῐ́ον phortíon	φορτῐ́ω phortíō	φορτῐ́ᾰ phortía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: φορτίο (fortío)

References

• “φορτίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φορτίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φορτίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette