φόρος.-ου, ὁ (φέρω), [in LXX chiefly for מַס, also for מִדָּה, etc;] tribute paid by a subject nation (cf. 1Ma.10:33): φ. δοῦναι (1Ma.8:4 1Mac 8:7), Luk.20:22 23:2; ἀποδοῦναι, Rom.13:7; τελεῖν, Rom.13:6 (Hdt, al.).
SYN.: κῆνσος, τέλος (which see) (
AS)