φορ-έω,
Epic dialect subjunctive 3rd.pers. singular φορέῃσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Epic dialect infinitive φορῆναι (as if from *φόρημι) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
imperfect ἐφόρεον(-εο- syniz.) [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
3rd.pers. singular ἐφόρει [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Ionic dialect φορέεσκον [
Refs]:
future φορήσω [
LXX+5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐφόρησα [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
Epic dialect φόρησα [
LXX+8th c.BC+]:—
middle,
future φορήσομαι [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
aorist ἐφορησάμην [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
passive,
Aeolic dialect present φορήμεθα [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
aorist ἐφορήθην [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:
perfect πεφόρημαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
pluperfect πεφόρητο [
Refs 5th c.AD+] — _frequentative verb_ of φέρω, implying
repeated or
habitual action, ἵπποι οἳ φορέεσκον ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a slave, ὕδωρ ἐφόρει [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the wind,
bear to and fro, bear along, ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέει [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ἀγγελίας ἐφόρεε
conveyed messages
habitually, served as a messenger. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. θρεπτήρια, of Oedipus
carrying about food in a wallet, like a beggar, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
was pregnant, [
Refs]:—
passive, see #11.
2) most commonly of clothes, armour, and the like,
bear constantly, wear, [σκῆπτρον] ἐν παλάμῃς φ. δικασπόλοι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3) of features, qualities, etc, of mind or body,
possess, hold, bear, ἀγλαΐας φ. to be pompous or splendid, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕνα γομφίον μόνον φ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπόνοιαν φορεῖς you are mad, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; with
genitive or
adjective added, σκέλεα φ. γεράνου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
bear, suffer, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
5) of Time,
extend, last, ἃ φορεῖ ἐπὶ ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε uncertain meaning in [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II)
passive,
to be borne along, ἐν ῥοθίοις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόνις δ᾽ ἄνω φορεῖθ᾽[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεφορημένον ἀεί always
in motion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence,
to be storm-tossed, νᾶϊ φορήμεθα σὺν μελαίνᾳ [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
II.2)
to be carried away, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply,
to be shifted, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
III)
middle,
fetch for oneself, fetch regularly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λευκανίηνδε φορεύμενος
putting food into
one's mouth, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]