burden (subs.) Copy link Outline I. LoadII. Taxes, pecuniary imposts (q. v.)III. The capacity of a shipIV. A verse repeated in a song at certain intervals • burden (subs.): I. Load: ŏnus, ĕris, n.: to support a b., onus sustinere, Pl.: to remove the b.s from the draught cattle, jumentis o. deponere, Caes.: Ov. Fig.: the b. of duty, officii o., Cic.: to be a b. to any one, oneri esse alicui, Liv.: the b. of proof, o. probandi, Dig. Phr.: beasts of b., jumenta oneraria, Liv.: or simply jumenta, Caes.: ships of b., naves onerariae, Caes. II. Taxes, pecuniary imposts (q. v.): ŏnus: a borough weighed down by very great b.s, municipium maximis o. pressum, Cic.: Phr.: estates which were subject to b.s, praedia quae serviebant, Cic.: estates subject to b.s, praedia serva, Cic.: liability of property to b.s, servĭtus, ūtis, f.: Cic.: Ulp.: free from b.s, immūnis, Cic. III. The capacity of a ship: Phr.: a ship of 300 amphorae b., navis trecentarum amphorarum. Liv. IV. A verse repeated in a song at certain intervals: versus intercalaris. Serv.