πυργόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[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 [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.20; ἄστη Moschio Trag.6.27:—Pass., κορυφαὶ πεπυργωμέναι Str.12.3.39.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[fence]], [[protect]], δέμας ἀσπίδι [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 30.52, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[πυργωθείς]] [[furnished with a tower]], of an elephant, ''AP''9.285 (Phil.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[raise up to a towering height]], πυργωθέντα πλοῦτον B.3.13; <b class="b3">πρῶτος.. πυργώσας ῥήματα σεμνά</b> the first.. 'to [[build the lofty rhyme]]', Ar.''Ra.''1004; <b class="b3">τέχνην.. ἐπύργωσ' οἰκοδομήσας ἔπεσιν μεγάλοις κτλ</b>. Id.''Pax''749; so ἀοιδὰς εὐδαιμονίας ἐπύργωσε E.''Supp.''998 (lyr.), cf. ''AP''7.39 (Antip. Thess.): hence, [[exalt]], [[lift up]], π. ἄνω τὸ μηδὲν ὄντα E.''Tr.''612; [[Τροίαν]] ib.844 (lyr.); .. τυραννίσι πατὴρ ἐπύργου Id.''HF''475; of doctors, <b class="b3">πυργοῦντες αὑτούς</b> [[magnifying]] themselves, Men.497 (= Mimn.Trag.2); <b class="b3">π. χάριν</b> [[exalt]], [[exaggerate]] it, E.''Med.''526; δὶς τόσα π. τῶν γιγνομένων Id.''Heracl.'' 293 (anap.); τὴν τέχνην Lib.''Ep.''834.5; <b class="b3">καθαροῖς λούμασι</b> [[adorn]] (the city) with... ''Epigr.Gr.''903: also intr., [[declaim]], μάταιον τὸ πυργοῦν λέγοντα.. Phld.''Mort.''33:—Pass., [[exalt oneself]], <b class="b3">τῇδ' ἐπυργοῦτο στολῇ</b>, of a horse, A.''Pers.''192; <b class="b3">πεπύργωσαι θράσει, λόγοις</b>, E.''Or.''1568, ''HF'' 238.