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[[towering to the stars]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀστρογείτων]]. | [[towering to the stars]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀστρογείτων]]. | ||
[[so that they left in flight the towering steep of the battlements]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὥστ' ἐπάλξεων λιπεῖν ἐρίπνας φυγάδας]] ([[Euripides | [[so that they left in flight the towering steep of the battlements]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὥστ' ἐπάλξεων λιπεῖν ἐρίπνας φυγάδας]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 1167). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ὑψηλός, V. ὑψίπυργος, ὀρθόκρανος, ὑψαύχην, ὑψιγέννητος; see high.
in a towering passion: use adj., P. περιοργής.
towering to the stars: V. ἀστρογείτων.
so that they left in flight the towering steep of the battlements: V. ὥστ' ἐπάλξεων λιπεῖν ἐρίπνας φυγάδας (Euripides, Phoenissae 1167).
