πύργος
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.
Headword (normalized):
πύργος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πυργος
Intro Text:
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.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28837
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