Scaife ATLAS

πύργοςουm fortified wall or part of a wallsecuring a city or defensive positionwall, fortification, rampartHom. Archil. Pi. Trag. AR.pl.walls or rampartsHom. Hes. Hippon. B. Hdt. Trag. toweras part of a city wall, or as a separate defensive fortificationIl. Hdt. Th. Ar. X.of a palace or houseHdt. Ar.gener.place of securitystrongholdE. fig., ref. to persons or their prosperitystronghold, tower of strengthOd. Eleg. E.w.gen.for a cityAlc. Pi.w.gen.in battleTheoc.bastion, defencew.gen.against deathS.ref. to a renowned island-statetower, bastionwhich its citizens may climb by their lofty achievementsPi. movable tower for storming a citysiege-towerX. pl.towerson boats transporting troops, perh.ref. to defensive structuresHdt. towerref. to a separate structure on a country estate, occupied by female slavesD.in a vineyard, hired out to farmersNT. body of troops drawn up in close orderlineIl.

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a tower

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πύργος

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πύργος

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πυργος

IDX:

35562

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-35563

Key:

πύργος

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