- ἄχθομαι
- ἄχθομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to be loaded; be vexed, grieved' (Il.).Other forms: Aor. ἀχθεσθῆναιDerivatives: ἄχθος n. `burden', metaph. `burden, load' (Il.); relation to ἄχθομαι unclear, s. Schwyzer 723. ἀχθεινός `burdensome' (E.). ἀχθίζω `load' (Babr.). ἀχθηδών, -όνος f. `weight, burden' (A.); cf. ἀλγηδών.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: If one separates the θ as a suffix (cf. βρίθω : βρῖθος : βριαρός; πλήθω : πλῆθος : πίμπλημι), remains ἀχ-, ἀκ- or ἀγ- . One connects this with ἄγω as `carry on', with ἄχ-θος `load'. Not very convincing. One compares also ὀχθέω. Not to ἄχομαι, ἄχνυμαι `be sad', which does not explain the concrete meaning.Page in Frisk: 1,200-201
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.