βάρος

A. weight, Hdt. 2.73, etc.

II. a weight, burden, load, τέκνων A. Ch. 1000, etc.; β. περισσὸν γῆς S. Fr. 945: pl., βάρη weights, Arist. Mech. 850a30.

III. oppressiveness, τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἀφόρητον β. LXX 2 Ma. 9.10; βάρος φέρειν to give trouble, τινί POxy. 1062.14 (ii A.D.).

IV. heaviness, torpor, β. ναρκῶδες Plu. 2.345b; σπληνὸς βάρεα Hp. Acut.(Sp.)4; βάρη καὶ δυσαρεστήματα perh.feeling of oppression, Antyll. ap. Stob. 4.37.15.

V. metaph., heavy weight, σιγῆς β. S. Ant. 1256; βάρος πημονῆς, συμφορᾶς, Id. El. 939, Tr. 325; χρὴ τοῦ βάρους μεταδιδόναι τοῖς φίλοις X. Mem. 2.7.1; ὥσπερ βάρους μεταλαμβάνειν Arist EN 1171a31; τὰ β. ὅσα ψυχὴν καθέλκοι Ph. 2.674: hence alone, grief, misery, A. Pers. 946(lyr., pl.), S. OC 409; κεφαλῆς πόνος καὶ β. Arist. HA 603b8; τὸ β. ἔχειν Id. EN 1126a23; ἐν συνοχαῖς καὶ βάρεσι Vett.Val. 292.6; of oppressive demands, β. τῶν ἐπιταγμάτων, τῶν φόρων, Plb. 1.31.5, 1.67.1; τῆς λειτουργίας BGU 159.5 (iii A. D.); οὐκέτι δυνάμεθα φέρειν τὰ β. SIG 888.67(Thrace, iii A. D.); κουφίσαι τὰ β. PGiss. 7.13 (ii A. D.).

VI. in good sense, abundance, πλούτου, ὄλβου, E. El. 1287, IT 416; αἰώνιον β. δόξης 2 Ep.Cor. 4.17; strength, στρατοπέδων Plb. 1.16.4; β. τῆς ὑλακῆς violence of . . , Alciphr. 3.18.

VII. weight, influence, Plb. 4.32.7, D.S. 19.70, Plu. Per. 37, etc.; gravity, dignity of character, Id. 2.522e; opp. χάρις, Id. Demetr. 2.

VIII. Gramm., stress of accent, A.D. Synt. 98.1.

IX. in Music, = βαρύτης, low pitch, Aristid.Quint. 1.11.