πυργόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[gird]] or [[fence with towers]], Θήβης ἕδος ἔκτισαν . . πύργωσάν τε <span class="bibl">Od.11.264</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>4.3</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.174</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>172</span>:— Med., [[fortify]], ὀχυρά <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.20</span>; ἄστη Moschio Trag.<span class="bibl">6.27</span>:—Pass., κορυφαὶ πεπυργωμέναι <span class="bibl">Str.12.3.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[fence]], [[protect]], δέμας ἀσπίδι <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>30.52</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[πυργωθείς]] [[furnished with a tower]], of an elephant, <span class="title">AP</span>9.285 (Phil.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[raise up to a towering height]], πυργωθέντα πλοῦτον <span class="bibl">B.3.13</span>; <b class="b3">πρῶτος . . πυργώσας ῥήματα σεμνά</b> the first . . '[[to build]] the [[lofty]] rhyme', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1004</span>; <b class="b3">τέχνην . . ἐπύργωσ' οἰκοδομήσας ἔπεσιν μεγάλοις κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>749</span>; so ἀοιδὰς εὐδαιμονίας ἐπύργωσε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>998</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.39 (Antip. Thess.): hence, [[exalt]], [[lift up]], π. ἄνω τὸ μηδὲν ὄντα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>612</span>; [[Τροίαν]] ib.<span class="bibl">844</span> (lyr.); &lt;ὑμᾶς&gt; . . τυραννίσι πατὴρ ἐπύργου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>475</span>; of doctors, <b class="b3">πυργοῦντες αὑτούς</b> [[magnifying]] themselves, <span class="bibl">Men.497</span> (= <span class="bibl">Mimn.Trag.2</span>); <b class="b3">π. χάριν</b> [[exalt]], [[exaggerate]] it, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>526</span>; δὶς τόσα π. τῶν γιγνομένων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span> 293</span> (anap.); τὴν τέχνην <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>834.5</span>; <b class="b3">καθαροῖς λούμασι</b> [[adorn]] (the city) with... <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>903: also intr., [[declaim]], μάταιον τὸ πυργοῦν λέγοντα . . <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Mort.</span>33</span>:—Pass., [[exalt oneself]], <b class="b3">τῇδ' ἐπυργοῦτο στολῇ</b>, of a horse, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>192</span>; <b class="b3">πεπύργωσαι θράσει, λόγοις</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1568</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span> 238</span>.</span>