tower

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).