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πύργος .πύργος, ὁ, a tower, Il., Hdt., etc.:—in pl. the city walls with towers, Il.; so, collectively, in sg., Od., Eur. a movable tower for storming towns, Xen. metaph. a tower of defence, as Ajax is called πύργος Ἀχαιοῖς, Od.; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρʼ ἔχει πύργον μέγαν Eur.; θανάτων π. a tower of defence from deaths, Soph. the highest part of any building, where the women lived, Il. troops drawn up in close order, a column, Il.; cf. πυργηδόν.

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πύργος

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πύργος

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πυργος

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28804

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28837

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pu/rgos

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