πύργος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=![[πύργος]], ὁ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[tower]], Il., Hdt., etc.:—in pl. the [[city]] walls with towers, Il.; so, [[collectively]], in sg., Od., Eur.<br />b. a movable [[tower]] for [[storming]] towns, Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. a [[tower]] of [[defence]], as [[Ajax]] is called [[πύργος]] Ἀχαιοῖς, Od.; [[παῖς]] [[ἄρσην]] πατέρ' [[ἔχει]] πύργον μέγαν Eur.; θανάτων π. a [[tower]] of [[defence]] from deaths, Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the [[highest]] [[part]] of any [[building]], [[where]] the women lived, Il.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[troops]] [[drawn]] up in [[close]] [[order]], a [[column]], Il.; cf. [[πυργηδόν]].