A.burden, load, Il.12.452, Hes.Op.692, Tyrt.6, etc.; ἄχθεα δυνατώτεραι φέρειν, of camels, Hdt.3.102, cf. 1.80, Ar.Ra.9, Th.4.115; “ἄ. οὐκ εὐάγκαλον” A.Pr.352; ἄ. ἀρούρης cumberers of the ground, Il.18.104, Od.20.379, etc.; περισσὸν ἄ. γυναικῶν plague of women, S.El.1241 (lyr.); “γῆς ἄλλως ἄχθη” Pl.Tht.176d; “ἄ. μυρία γαίης” pests, Nic. Th.9: but φίλτατον ἄχθος, of a corpse, E.Rh.379 (lyr.): metaph., δίδυμον ἄ. double burden of praise, Pi.N.6.57.
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