A.carrying on the back, “ὄνοι” PCair.Zen.215.6 (iii B. C.) ; ὑποζύγια ib.292.283 (iii B. C.) ; “ἄνδρες” LXX 2 Ch.2.18(17) ; κτήνη ν. beasts of burden, OGI200.14(Axum, iv A. D.).
II. Subst. νωτοφόρος, ὁ, carrier, porter, PPetr.3p.139(iii B. C.), LXX 2 Ch.34.13, PTeb.115.7 (ii B. C.).