towering
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
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).
