φόρος

A. that which is brought in by way of payment, tribute, φόρου ἀπαγωγή Hdt. 1.6,27, cf. IG 12.65.2, al., Th. 1.96, etc.; ξυμμάχους φόρου ὑποτελεῖς subject to pay tribute, Id. 1.56; φόρον ὑποτελέειν to pay tribute, Hdt. 1.171, cf. Isoc. 12.116; ἀπάγειν Ar. V. 707 (anap.); φέρειν Id. Av. 191, X. An. 5.5.7, Ath. 2.1; πόλεις ἃς οἱ ἰδιῶται ἐνέγραψαν φ. φέρειν IG 12.212.88; φ. τάξασθαι to agree to pay it Hdt. 3.13; φόρον ταῖς πόλεσι τάξαι to fix their quotas of tribute, And. 4.11, cf. Isoc. 4.120, D. 23.209, Aeschin. 2.23; φ. δέχεσθαι to receive it, Th. 1.96 (of the Ἑλληνοταμίαι), cf. X. Ath. 3.2; φ. προσῄει it came in, And. 3.9; τὸν φ. ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων τὸν προσιόντα Ar. V. 657 (anap.): pl., φόροι ἥκουσιν Id. Ach. 505, cf. Eq. 313 (troch.): ὁ βασιλικὸς φ., at Sparta, Pl. Alc. 1.123a.

2. generally, any payment, φόρον ἀπέφερον τῷ δήμῳ X. Smp. 4.32; κατὰ φόρους by instalments, Senatus consultum ap.Plb. 18.44.7; ἐπιβαλλειν φ. impose a forced levy, Plu. Ant. 24.