πυργόω — Middle Liddell

πυργόω πύργος to gird or fence with towers, Od., Eur.:—Mid. to build towers, Xen.:—Pass., πυργωθείς furnished with a tower, of an elephant, Anth. metaph. to raise up to a towering height, πυργῶσαι ῥήματα σεμνά "to build the lofty rhyme," Ar.; so, ἀοιδὰς ἐπύργωσε Eur.:—hence, to exalt, lift up, Ar.; so, π. χάριν to exalt, exaggerate it, Ar.:—Pass. to exalt oneself, Aesch.; πεπύργωσαι θράσει, λόγοις Eur.

ShortDef

to provide with towers: to protect, to raise to lofty heights

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πυργόω

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πυργόω

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πυργοω

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28808

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28841

Key:

purgo/w

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