A.an act,
I. (from Act.) carrying, φορᾶς . . φθόνησις οὐ γενήσεται there shall be no refusal to carry thee, S.Tr.1212; ἐν φορᾷ, i. e. in their arms, Id.Fr.327; θυρώτοιν φορᾶς payment for carrying . . , IG42(1).102.305 (Epid., iv B. C.); ψήφου φ. casting one's vote, E.Supp.484, cf. Pl.Lg.949a; ἡ φ. καθάπερ πεττῶν movement as of the men in draughts, ib.739a.
2. bringing in of money, payment, “χρημάτων” Th.1.96; δασμοῦ, δασμῶν, Pl.Lg. 706b, X.Cyr.8.6.16; αἱ ὑπόλοιποι φοραί the remaining instatments, Lys.Fr.1.4, cf. Ostr.Bodl.iii 280 (i A. D.), al.
b. φ. ἐργάτου, = latura, perh. a workman's pay, Gloss. (latura is also glossed φόρετρον, ibid.; also onus, sarcina, ibid.).
3. bringing forth, productiveness, “καρποῦ” Thphr.CP3.14.5; opp. ἀφορία, Pl.R.546a, cf. Arist.GA750a23; of animals, Ael.NA17.40; “πτηνῶν” Gp.1.8.9.
II. (from Pass. φέρομαι) being borne or carried along, motion, of the universe and heavenly bodies. “ἡ . . θεία τοῦ ὄντος φ.” Pl.Cra.421b, cf. Ti.39b, 81a; “ἡ σύμπασα οὐρανοῦ ὁδὸς καὶ φ.” Id.Lg.897c; “ἡ τῶν ἄστρων φ. καὶ ἡλίου” Id.Grg.451c; “ἄστρων φοραί” Id.Smp.188b; “χειρῶν φ.” Hp.Prog.4; “σφαίρας φοραί” Pl.Lg.898b; “ἡ φ. καὶ κίνησις” Id.Cra.434c, Tht.152d; “χρόνος . . μέτρον φορᾶς” Id.Def.411b; τύχη φ. ἀδήλου εἰς ἄδηλον ibid.; defined by Arist. as = κίνησις κατὰ τόπον, Ph.243a8, cf. GC319b32; “κίνησίς ποθέν ποι” Id.EN1174a30; “γένεσίς ποθέν ποι” Id.Cael.311b33; “φορᾷ ἰέναι” Pl.R.617b; κυκλεῖσθαι . . τὴν αὐτὴν φ. ib.a; “μίαν φορὰν κινεῖται” Id.Plt.269e; “τό τάχος τῆς φ.” Epicur.Ep.1p.10U.
2. range, “φ. ἀκοντίου” Antipho 3.2.5.
3. rapid motion, rush, πινέτω κατὰ φορὰν ἡμικοτύλιον let him drink half a cotyle at a draught, Hp.Int.35; “γαστρὸς φοραί” Thphr.Fr.10.3.
4. of persons, impulse, “ἡ τοῦ πλήθους φ.” Plb.10.4.3; “ἄλογος φ.” Id.30.2.4; “ἀκολουθήσομεν ἀλόγως ταῖς τῶν πολλῶν φ.” Epicur.Nat.127 G.; “πρὸς τὸν νεωτερισμόν” Plu.Galb.4; “παῖς . . φορᾶς μεστός” Id.Them.2; “στρατηγὸς μεστὸς φορᾶς” Lib.Or.49.19: pl., ib.1.2; also, forceful flow of narrative, Luc.Dem.Enc.7.
b. tendency, line of thought or action, κατὰ τὰς φ. τῶν Στωϊκῶν on Stoic lines, Phld.Rh.2.296 S., cf. Id.Herc.1251.19, Luc.Par.29.
5. φ. πραγμάτων force of circumstances, D.18.271: forceful quality, “ἡ τοῦ οἴνου [ὑγρότης] φ. ἔχει πολλὴν καὶ δύναμιν” Plu.2.132e; φορᾶς σωματικῆς εἰς ἡμᾶς γιγνομένης, of the influences of the stars, Plot.2.3.2; ἄχρις οὗ φ. γένηται, of a favourable wind, Plu.Mar. 37; favour, “τοῦ βασιλέως” Philostr.VS2.32.
B. as a thing, that which is borne, esp.,
1. load, freight, burden, “μίαν φ. ἐνεγκεῖν” Plu.Ant.68.
2. rent, tribute, X.Cyr. 3.1.34: pl., contributions, D.21.101; “φέροντα σωτηρίας φορὰν πλήρη τῇ πατρίδι” Id.25.21; of the contribution to an ἔρανος, Antiph.124.9, Hyp.Ath.11; of contributions in kind, “οἴνου φορὴ ἐς τὰ ψυκτήρια” SIG57.44 (Milet., v B. C.).
3. that which is brought forth, fruit, produce, crop, “κατανοήσας ἐλαιῶν φορὰν ἐσομένην” a large crop, Arist. Pol.1259a11, cf. HA553a22,b23; “σίτου φ. καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καρπῶν” SIG 589.30 (Magn.Mae., ii B. C.); “ἡ τοῦ Νείλου φ. τε καὶ αὔξησις” CPHerm. 6.4 (iii A. D.): metaph., φορὰ προδοτῶν a large crop of traitors, D.18.61, D.S.16.54; “ῥητόρων” Aeschin.3.234; “φ. γάρ τίς ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς γένεσιν ἀνδρῶν” a succession of crops, Arist.Rh.1390b25.
