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61 Pyrgus
1.pyrgus, i, m., = purgos, a little wooden tower on the side of a gaming-board, hollow and having steps inside, through which the dice were thrown upon the board (pure Lat. turricula), Sid. Ep. 8, 12 (in Hor. S. 2, 7, 17, called phimus; v. phimus).2.Pyrgus, i, m., = Purgos, a castle in Elis, Liv. 27, 32; Rutil. Itin. 223. -
62 pyrgus
1.pyrgus, i, m., = purgos, a little wooden tower on the side of a gaming-board, hollow and having steps inside, through which the dice were thrown upon the board (pure Lat. turricula), Sid. Ep. 8, 12 (in Hor. S. 2, 7, 17, called phimus; v. phimus).2.Pyrgus, i, m., = Purgos, a castle in Elis, Liv. 27, 32; Rutil. Itin. 223. -
63 turris
turris, is (acc. turrim and turrem; abl. turri and turre; v. Neue, Formenl. I. 196 sqq.), f., = turris.I.Lit.A.In gen., a tower:B.eā ballistā si pervortam turrim,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 59: apud vetustam turrem, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 761 P.:Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:in omni turre,
Val. Fl. 1, 14:celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,
Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.altae,
id. Epod. 17, 70:Dardanae,
id. C. 4, 6, 7:aënea,
Ov. Am. 2, 19, 27.—In partic., a military tower, for defence of a camp or the walls of a city:II.turrim in praecipiti stantem Adgressi ferro,
Verg. A. 2, 460; Caes. B. G. 5, 40; 6, 29; id. B. C. 3, 9; Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 4;for attack in a siege,
Caes. B. G. 3, 21; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Liv. 32, 17, 17;on the backs of elephants,
id. 37, 40, 4;on a ship,
id. 37, 24, 6 et saep.—Transf.A.For any high building, a castle, palace, citadel:B.pauperum tabernas Regumque turres,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 14; so,regia,
Ov. M. 8, 14:Maecenatiana,
Suet. Ner 38:maris vastum prospectet turribus aequor,
Tib. 1, 7, 19.—A dove-cot built in the form of a tower, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 6; Ov. P. 1, 6, 51.—C.A kind of battlearray when the troops were arranged in a square, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1.
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