tower
Ἔστιν Δίκης ὀφθαλμός, ὃς τὰ πάνθ' ὁρᾷ → Die Dike hat ein Auge, das nichts übersieht → Das Recht besitzt ein Auge, welches alles sieht
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. πύργος, ὁ, V. πύργωμα, τό.
space between two towers: P. μεταπύργιον, τό.
Met., tower of strength: V. πύργος, ὁ, ἔρυμα, τό; see bulwark.
watch tower: see watch tower.
he a hurled him from the flat top of a tower: V. ἀπ' ἄκρας ἧκε πυργώδους πλακός (Sophocles, Tr. 273).
fortify with towers, v.: V. πυργοῦν (acc.).
with seven towers, adj.: V. ἑπτάπυργος.
verb intransitive
P. and V. αἴρεσθαι, Ar. and P. μετεωρίζεσθαι.
tower over: V. ὑπερτέλλειν (gen.).
excel: P. and V. ὑπερέχειν (gen.); see excel.
(the pine) towered upright far into the sky: V. (ἐλάτη) ὀρθὴ δ' ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθερ' ἐστηρίζετο (Euripides, Bacchae 1073).
we saw a wave that towered to heaven: V. εἴδομεν κῦμ' οὐρανῷ στηρίζον (Euripides, Hippolytus 1206).
a fame that towers to heaven: V. οὐρανῷ στηρίζον… κλέος (Euripides, Bacchae 972).
