φορτίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. load, burden, freight
  2. (in the plural) wares, merchandise
  3. (in the plural) agricultural product, crops
  4. child in the womb
  5. (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
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