τύρσις
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
ἡ, gen. ιος Hp.Art.43, X.An.7.8.12; ιδος IG12(7).115.4 (Amorgos, ii/i B. C.); acc.
A τύρσιν Pi.O.2.70, Hp.l.c., X.An.7.8.13: nom. and acc. pl. τύρσεις, gen. εων, dat. εσι, ib.4.4.2, HG4.7.6, Cyr.7.5.10; acc. pl. τύρσιας Lyc.834, Maiist.2:—also τύρρις, Hsch. (whence Lat. turris is borrowed):—tower, Pi. l.c., Hp. l. c. (cf. Gal.18(1).518); esp. tower on a wall, bastion, X. ll. cc.; opp. προμαχών, J.BJ5.4.3 sq.; also, walled city or fortified house, Nic.Al.2; = villa rustica, πύργος, IGl.c.
