βάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to βαρύς (barús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.ros/ → /ˈβa.ros/ → /ˈva.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ros/

Noun

βᾰ́ρος • (bắros) n (genitive βᾰ́ρους or βᾰ́ρεος); third declension

1. weight, burden, load
2. grief, sorrow
3. plenty
4. dignity, influence, power

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βᾰ́ρος; τοῦ βᾰ́ρους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰ́ρος tò bắros	τὼ βᾰ́ρει tṑ bắrei	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρη tằ bắrē
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰ́ρους toû bắrous	τοῖν βᾰροῖν toîn băroîn	τῶν βᾰρῶν tôn bărôn
Dative	τῷ βᾰ́ρει tôi bắrei	τοῖν βᾰροῖν toîn băroîn	τοῖς βᾰ́ρεσῐ / βᾰ́ρεσῐν toîs bắresĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βᾰ́ρος tò bắros	τὼ βᾰ́ρει tṑ bắrei	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρη tằ bắrē
Vocative	βᾰ́ρος bắros	βᾰ́ρει bắrei	βᾰ́ρη bắrē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ βᾰ́ρος; τοῦ βᾰ́ρεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰ́ρος tò bắros	τὼ βᾰ́ρει / βᾰ́ρεε tṑ bắrei / bắree	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρεᾰ tằ bắreă
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰ́ρεος / βᾰ́ρευς toû bắreos / bắreus	τοῖν βᾰρέοιν toîn băréoin	τῶν βᾰρέων tôn băréōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰ́ρει / βᾰ́ρεῐ̈ tôi bắrei / bắreĭ̈	τοῖν βᾰρέοιν toîn băréoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν βᾰ́ρεσῐ / βᾰ́ρεσῐν toîsĭ(n) bắresĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βᾰ́ρος tò bắros	τὼ βᾰ́ρει / βᾰ́ρεε tṑ bắrei / bắree	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρεᾰ tằ bắreă
Vocative	βᾰ́ρος bắros	βᾰ́ρει / βᾰ́ρεε bắrei / bắree	βᾰ́ρεᾰ bắreă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• βαρύθω (barúthō)
• βαρύλλιον (barúllion)
• βαρύνω (barúnō)
• βαρύς (barús)
• βαρύτης (barútēs)

Descendants

• → English: bar (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: βάρος (város)

References

• “βάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βάρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• βάρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G922 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abundance idem, page 4.
  • burden idem, page 104.
  • cumbrance idem, page 189.
  • encumbrance idem, page 271.
  • gravity idem, page 371.
  • grievousness idem, page 373.
  • heaviness idem, page 393.
  • incubus idem, page 431.
  • load idem, page 496.
  • mass idem, page 516.
  • onerousness idem, page 574.
  • oppression idem, page 577.
  • oppressiveness idem, page 577.
  • plenty idem, page 620.
  • profuseness idem, page 653.
  • store idem, page 820.
  • weight idem, page 972.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros). Doublet of μπαρ (bar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ros/
• Hyphenation: βά‧ρος

Noun

βάρος • (város) n (plural βάρη)

1. (physics) weight
2. weight, heaviness

   Το βάρος ενός αντικειμένου είναι η δύναμη του αντικειμένου που οφείλεται στη βαρύτητα.

   To város enós antikeiménou eínai i dýnami tou antikeiménou pou ofeíletai sti varýtita.

   The weight of an object is the force of the object due to gravity.

3. burden, load, cargo
4. (figuratively) onus

Declension

Declension of βάρος

	singular	plural
nominative	βάρος (város)	βάρη (vári)
genitive	βάρους (várous)	βαρών (varón)
accusative	βάρος (város)	βάρη (vári)
vocative	βάρος (város)	βάρη (vári)

Related terms

• ανισοβαρής (anisovarís, “of unequal weight”)
• ανισόβαρος (anisóvaros, “of unequal weight”)
• αντίβαρο n (antívaro, “counterbalance”)
• άρση βαρών f (ársi varón, “weightlifting”)
• βαρίδι n (varídi, “sinker, weight”)
• βαρύς (varýs, “weighty”, adjective)
• βαρύτητα f (varýtita, “gravity”)
• ισόβαρος (isóvaros, “of equal weight”)
• λιπόβαρος (lipóvaros, “underweight”, adjective)
• πρόσβαρος (prósvaros, “overweight”, adjective)

See also

• compare with: ασήκωτος (asíkotos, “overweight”, adjective)