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φορτίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φορτίς φορτίδος

Structure: φορτιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from fo/rtos

Sense

  1. a ship of burden, merchantman

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πλῶε γὰρ ἐσ Σηστὸν μετὰ νυμφίον ἐν δὲ μελαίνῃ φορτίδι τὴν Ἕλλησ μοῖραν ἀπεπλάσατο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2153)
  • τί μ’, ὤνθρωποι, τῇδε παρῳκίσατε, ἣ πνοιῆσ χήρωσε τὸν οὐκ ἐπὶ φορτίδι νηὶ ἔμπορον, ἀλλ’ ὀλίγησ ναυτίλον εἰρεσίησ θηκαμένη ναυηγόν; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2872)
  • πάντα τισ ἀρήσαιτο φυγεῖν πλόον, ὁππότε καὶ σύ, Θεύγενεσ, ἐν Λιβυκῷ τύμβον ἔθευ πελάγει, ἡνίκα σοι κεκμηὸσ ἐπέπτατο φορτίδι νηὶ οὖλον ἀνηρίθμων κεῖνο νέφοσ γεράνων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5431)

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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