towering
From LSJ
ἄνω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί → the springs of sacred rivers flow upward, backward to their sources flow the streams of holy rivers
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 (Eur., Phoenissae 1167).
