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subs.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. ἀπʼ ἄκρας ἧκε πυργώδους πλακός (Soph., Tr. 273).Fortify with towers, v.: V. πυργοῦν (acc.).With seven towers, adj.: V. ἑπτάπυργος.——————v. intrans.Tower over: V. ὑπερτέλλειν (gen.).( The pine) towered upright far into the sky: V. (ἐλάτη) ὀρθὴ δʼ ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθερʼ ἐστηρίζετο (Eur., Bacch. 1073).We saw a wave that towered to heaven: V. εἴδομεν κῦμʼ οὐρανῷ στηρίζον (Eur., Hipp. 1206).A fame that towers to heaven: V. οὐρανῷ στηρίζον... κλέος (Eur., Bacch. 972).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Tower
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