πυργόω
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
A gird or fence with towers, Θήβης ἕδος ἔκτισαν . . πύργωσάν τε Od.11.264, cf. Hom.Epigr.4.3, Orac. ap. Hdt.1.174, E.Ba.172:— Med., fortify, ὀχυρά X.Cyr.6.1.20; ἄστη Moschio Trag.6.27:—Pass., κορυφαὶ πεπυργωμέναι Str.12.3.39. 2 metaph., fence, protect, δέμας ἀσπίδι Nonn.D.30.52, etc. 3 πυργωθείς furnished with a tower, of an elephant, AP9.285 (Phil.). II metaph., raise up to a towering height, πυργωθέντα πλοῦτον B.3.13; πρῶτος . . πυργώσας ῥήματα σεμνά the first . . 'to build the lofty rhyme', Ar.Ra.1004; τέχνην . . ἐπύργωσ' οἰκοδομήσας ἔπεσιν μεγάλοις κτλ. Id.Pax749; so ἀοιδὰς εὐδαιμονίας ἐπύργωσε E.Supp.998 (lyr.), cf. AP7.39 (Antip. Thess.): hence, exalt, lift up, π. ἄνω τὸ μηδὲν ὄντα E.Tr.612; Τροίαν ib.844 (lyr.); <ὑμᾶς> . . τυραννίσι πατὴρ ἐπύργου Id.HF475; of doctors, πυργοῦντες αὑτούς magnifying themselves, Men.497 (= Mimn.Trag.2); π. χάριν exalt, exaggerate it, E.Med.526; δὶς τόσα π. τῶν γιγνομένων Id.Heracl. 293 (anap.); τὴν τέχνην Lib.Ep.834.5; καθαροῖς λούμασι adorn (the city) with... Epigr.Gr.903: also intr., declaim, μάταιον τὸ πυργοῦν λέγοντα . . Phld.Mort.33:—Pass., exalt oneself, τῇδ' ἐπυργοῦτο στολῇ, of a horse, A.Pers.192; πεπύργωσαι θράσει, λόγοις, E.Or.1568, HF 238.
