πύργος
πύργος,
ὁ,
A). tower, esp. such as were attached to the walls of a city,
Il. 7.219 , al.,
Hes. Sc. 242 ,
Hdt. 3.74 , al.,
Th. 2.17 , al.,
Plb. 5.99.9 , etc.: in pl.,
city walls or
ramparts with their towers,
Il. 7.338 ,
437 ; in sg.,
ἧντ’ ἐπὶ πύργῳ 3.153 , cf.
22.447 ;
πόλιος ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός Od. 6.262 ;
πέριξ δὲ πύργος εἶχ’ ἔτι πτόλιν E. Hec. 1209 ;
πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι Pl. Criti. 116a .
d). Ζανὸς π.,
Pythag. name for the central fire of the universe,
Arist. Fr. 204 .
2). metaph.,
tower of defence,
τοῖος .. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax,
Od. 11.556 ;
ἄνδρες πόλιος π. ἀρεύϊος Alc. Supp. 1a .
10 ;
παῖς ἄρσην πατέρ’ ἔχει π. μέγαν E. Alc. 311 , cf.
Med. 390 ;
ἅπας μοι π. Ἑλλήνων πατρίς Trag.Adesp. 392 ;
θανάτων δ’ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths,
S. OT 1201 (lyr.).
3). the part of a house (prob. a separate building)
in which the women lived and worked,
αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται D. 47.56 ; esp. if unmarried, as
Hero in her
tower,
Musae. 32 ,
187 , cf.
Philostr.Jun. Im. 1 ; of the
workman's hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb, cf.
Luc. Tim. 42 ),
Paus. 1.30.4 , cf.
AP 7.402 (Antip.);
outbuildings, esp. if used in industry,
LXX Is. 5.2 ,
Mi. 4.8 ,
PStrassb. 110.6 (iii B.C.),
BGU 1194.9 (ii B.C.),
650.8 (i A.D.),
POxy. 243.15 (i A.D.),
Ev.Marc. 12.1 ,
Ev.Luc. 14.28 ,
PGiss. 67.16 (ii A.D.),
IG 22.2776.65 (ii A.D.);
π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια PLond. 2.371.3 (i A.D.).
II). part of an army drawn up in close order, column,
Il. 4.334 ,
347 .
2). at Teos, a division of the people, CIG 3064 , 3081 , al.
III). dice-box, AP 9.482.24 ( Agath.); cf. Lat. pyrgus.
ShortDef
a tower
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πύργος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πυργος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πύργος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tower</span>, esp. such as were attached to the walls of a city, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:219" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.219/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.219 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 242 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.74 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.17 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:99:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:99:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 5.99.9 </a>, etc.: in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">city walls</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ramparts with their towers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:338" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.338/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.338 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:437" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:437/canonical-url/"> 437 </a>; in sg., <span class="quote greek">ἧντ’ ἐπὶ πύργῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:153" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.153/canonical-url/"> 3.153 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:447" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.447/canonical-url/"> 22.447 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πόλιος ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:262" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.262/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.262 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πέριξ δὲ πύργος εἶχ’ ἔτι πτόλιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1209/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1209 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:116a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:116a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 116a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">movable tower</span> for storming towns, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.1.53 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:2:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:2:18/canonical-url/"> 6.2.18 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. ὑπότροχοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Onos.</span> 42.3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tower</span> on the back of war-elephants, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:2.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 2.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Ζανὸς π</span>., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pythag.</span> </span> name for the central fire of the universe, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:204/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 204 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tower of defence</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τοῖος .. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο</span>, of Ajax, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:556" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.556/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.556 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄνδρες πόλιος π. ἀρεύϊος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 1a </span> .<span class="bibl"> 10 </span>; <span class="quote greek">παῖς ἄρσην πατέρ’ ἔχει π. μέγαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:311" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:311/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 311 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:390" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:390/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 390 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἅπας μοι π. Ἑλλήνων πατρίς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Trag.Adesp.</span> 392 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">θανάτων δ’ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a tower of defence from</span> deaths, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1201/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1201 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the part of a house</span> (prob. a separate building) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in which the women lived and worked</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg047.perseus-grc1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg047.perseus-grc1:56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 47.56 </a> ; esp. if unmarried, as <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> </span> in her <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tower</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Musae.</span> 32 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:187/canonical-url/"> 187 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.Jun.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 1 </a>; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">workman\'s hut</span> of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tim.</span> 42 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:30:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:30:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 1.30.4 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.402 </span> (Antip.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">outbuildings</span>, esp. if used in industry, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:5:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:5.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 5.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg038:4:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg038:4.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mi.</span> 4.8 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PStrassb.</span> 110.6 </span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 1194.9 </span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> 650.8 </span> (i A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 243.15 </span> (i A.D.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Marc.</span> 12.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:14:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:14.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 14.28 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PGiss.</span> 67.16 </span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.2776.65 </span> (ii A.D.); <span class="quote greek">π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 2.371.3 </span> (i A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">part of an army drawn up in close order, column</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.334/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.334 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:347" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:347/canonical-url/"> 347 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> at Teos, a division of the people, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CIG</span> 3064 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 3081 </span>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dice-box,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 9.482.24 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agath.</span></span>); cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pyrgus.</span> </div> </div><br><br>'}