Φορτίς

merchantman, merchant ship

Translated by Catharine Roth18 Jan 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

11 words

[Meaning sc. a ship] which carries [freight], one which is loaded.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φορτίς· ἡ ἀγώγιμος, ἡ πεφορτωμένη.

Betacode

*forti/s: h( a)gw/gimos, h( pefortwme/nh.

Notes

Same entry in the Synagoge (phi186) and Photius' Lexicon (phi282 Theodoridis); similar one elsewhere, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon and the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.250, where the genitive of the headword occurs. Connected with phi 617, it appears as an adjective accompanying 'ship' in Homer, later as a self-standing term.

Linked from1 entry

φ617Φορτίαloads, merchandise, wares[Meaning] things carried [or: portable]. "And so taking up all the wares that they were bringing, they set them in the middle. Then lighting fire with the branches of the frankincense-tree, they began to whisper some…

Neighbouring entries

φ616ΦορωνεύςPhoroneus φ617Φορτίαloads, merchandise, wares φ618Φορτίςmerchantman, merchant ship φ619Φορτικῶςcoarsely, vulgarly φ620Φόρτοςvulgarity

Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Apr 2014

13 Apr 2014coding — Catharine Roth
15 Dec 2013further expansion of note — David Whitehead
18 Jan 2011augmented note and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
18 Jan 2011Translated — Catharine Roth