τύρσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. ιος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>43</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.8.12</span>; ιδος <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).115.4 (Amorgos, ii/i B. C.); acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> τύρσιν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.70</span>, Hp.l.c., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.8.13</span>: nom. and acc. pl. <b class="b3">τύρσεις</b>, gen. εων, dat. εσι, ib.<span class="bibl">4.4.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>4.7.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.10</span>; acc. pl. τύρσιας Lyc.834, <span class="bibl">Maiist.2</span>:—also τύρρις, Hsch. (whence Lat. <b class="b2">turris</b> is borrowed):—<b class="b2">tower</b>, Pi. l.c., Hp. l. c. (cf. Gal.18(1).518); esp. <b class="b2">tower on a wall, bastion</b>, X. ll. cc.; opp. <b class="b3">προμαχών</b>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.4.3</span> sq.; also, <b class="b2">walled city</b> or <b class="b2">fortified house</b>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>2</span>; = <b class="b2">villa rustica</b>, <b class="b3">πύργος</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>l.c.</span>