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[[excel]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπερέχειν]] (gen.); see [[excel]]. | [[excel]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπερέχειν]] (gen.); see [[excel]]. | ||
(the [[pine]]) towered upright far into the [[sky]]: [[verse|V.]] ([[ἐλάτη) ὀρθὴ δ' ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθερ' ἐστηρίζετο]] ([[Euripides | (the [[pine]]) towered upright far into the [[sky]]: [[verse|V.]] ([[ἐλάτη) ὀρθὴ δ' ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθερ' ἐστηρίζετο]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Bacchae]]'' 1073). | ||
[[we saw a wave that towered to heaven]]: [[verse|V.]] [[εἴδομεν κῦμ' οὐρανῷ στηρίζον]] ([[Euripides | [[we saw a wave that towered to heaven]]: [[verse|V.]] [[εἴδομεν κῦμ' οὐρανῷ στηρίζον]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hippolytus]]'' 1206). | ||
[[a fame that towers to heaven]]: [[verse|V.]] [[οὐρανῷ στηρίζον… κλέος]] ([[Euripides | [[a fame that towers to heaven]]: [[verse|V.]] [[οὐρανῷ στηρίζον… κλέος]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Bacchae]]'' 972). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. πύργος, ὁ, V. πύργωμα, τό.
space between two towers: P. μεταπύργιον, τό.
Met., tower of strength: V. πύργος, ὁ, ἔρυμα, τό; see bulwark.
watch tower: see watch tower.
he a hurled him from the flat top of a tower: V. ἀπ' ἄκρας ἧκε πυργώδους πλακός (Sophocles, Tr. 273).
fortify with towers, v.: V. πυργοῦν (acc.).
with seven towers, adj.: V. ἑπτάπυργος.
verb intransitive
P. and V. αἴρεσθαι, Ar. and P. μετεωρίζεσθαι.
tower over: V. ὑπερτέλλειν (gen.).
excel: P. and V. ὑπερέχειν (gen.); see excel.
(the pine) towered upright far into the sky: V. (ἐλάτη) ὀρθὴ δ' ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθερ' ἐστηρίζετο (Euripides, Bacchae 1073).
we saw a wave that towered to heaven: V. εἴδομεν κῦμ' οὐρανῷ στηρίζον (Euripides, Hippolytus 1206).
a fame that towers to heaven: V. οὐρανῷ στηρίζον… κλέος (Euripides, Bacchae 972).
