I.to carry a burden, to bear something heavy, βαστάξω (mostly ante-and post-class.): “ferri proprie dicimus quae quis suo corpore bajulat, portari ea, quae quis in jumento secum ducit, agi ea, quae animalia sunt,” Dig. 50, 16, 235; Non. p. 79, 9; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 70; id. Merc. 3, 1, 10: “asinus bajulans sarcinas,” Phaedr. 4, 1, 5; Auct. ap. Quint. 6, 1, 47; Vulg. Marc. 14, 13.—
II. Trop.: “adjectionem debiti alieni, Cod. Th. 5, 15, 3: crucem suam,” Vulg. Luc. 14, 27.