φορή (phore)

φορή is an Ancient Greek form of φορέω, meaning “carry, wear, bear”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of φορά, “carrying; tribute, produce”. It is the nominative singular feminine noun.

Found 27 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 29.29: οὐκ ἔστι· πτέρυγας γὰρ ἐπομμαδίαις φόρη,

Plutarch, De Tranquillitate Animi 10: … μερίδος ἦν ἢ δόξαν ἢ δύναμιν ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ πολίταις εἴληχεν, ἀλλὰ κλαίων ὅτι μὴ φορεῖ πατρικίους ἐὰν δὲ καὶ φορῇ, ὅτι μηδέπω στρατηγεῖ Ῥωμαίων ἐὰν δὲ καὶ στρατηγῇ, ὅτι μὴ ὑπατεύει· καὶ ὑπατεύων, ὅτι μὴ πρῶτος ἀλλʼ ὕστερος …

Lucian of Samosata, Vitarum auctio 4: … ουσα οὐδὲ μᾶλλον ἱερούς. μετὰ δέ, ὦ ξεῖνε, εἴσεαι γῆς τε πέρι καὶ ἠέρος καὶ ὕδατος καὶ πυρὸς ἥτις αὐτέοισιν ἡ φορὴ καὶ ὁκοῖα ἐόντα μορφὴν ὅκως κινέονται. μορφὴν γὰρ ἔχει τὸ πῦρ ἢ ἀὴρ ἢ ὕδωρ; καὶ μάλα ἐμφανέα· οὐ γὰρ οἷά τε ἀ …

All forms of φορέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.