towering

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).