Definition:
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)
Definition:
φόρος, ὁ, (φέρω)
that which is brought in by way of payment, tribute, φόρου ἀπαγωγή [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυμμάχους φόρου ὑποτελεῖς subject to pay
tribute, [
Refs]; φόρον ὑποτελέειν to pay
tribute, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τάξασθαι to agree to pay
it [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόρον ταῖς πόλεσι τάξαι to fix their quotas of
tribute, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. δέχεσθαι to receive
it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) generally,
any payment, φόρον ἀπέφερον τῷ δήμῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ φόρους by
instalments, Senatus consultum cited in [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐπιβαλλειν φ. impose a
forced levy, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]