Lexical Definition

‎ἄρτος‎ ártos (ar'-tos) bread ^G:N-M
from ‎αἴρω‎

(shew-)bread, loaf.

• bread (as raised) or a loaf

Abbott-Smith

ἄρτος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for לֶחֶם;]
bread, a loaf: Mt 4:3, 4, Mk 3:20, al.; ἄρτοι τ. προθέσεως, bread of the setting forth, i.e. the shewbread. Metaph., ὁ ἄ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. ζωῆς, ref. to Christ, Jo 6:33, 35; in general, food: Mt 6:11, al.; ἄ. φαγεῖν (Heb. אֲכֹל לֶחֶם), to eat (MM, s.v.), Lu 14:1, al.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄρτος, ὁ,

cake or loaf of wheat-bread, mostly in plural, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄρτος οὖλος a whole loaf, [Refs]; collectively, bread, δούλιον ἄρτον ἔδων[Refs 7th c.BC+]; opposed to μᾶζα (porridge), [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Freq. in all writers.

__II ἄρτος· βόλος τις, καὶ ὁ Ἀθηναίων ξένος, [Refs 5th c.AD+]