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1 πύργος
πύργος, ὁ,A tower, esp. such as were attached to the walls of a city, Il.7.219, al., Hes.Sc. 242, Hdt.3.74, al., Th.2.17, al., Plb.5.99.9, etc.: in pl., city walls or ramparts with their towers, Il.7.338, 437; in sg.,ἧντ' ἐπὶ πύργῳ 3.153
, cf. 22.447;πόλιος ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός Od.6.262
; ;πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι Pl.Criti. 116a
.2 metaph., tower of defence, τοῖος.. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, Od.11.556;ἄνδρες πόλιος π. ἀρεύϊος Alc.Supp.1a
.10;παῖς ἄρσην πατέρ' ἔχει π. μέγαν E.Alc. 311
, cf. Med. 390;ἅπας μοι π. Ἑλλήνων πατρίς Trag.Adesp.392
; θανάτων δ' ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths, S.OT 1201 (lyr.).3 the part of a house (prob. a separate building) in which the women lived and worked,αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται D.47.56
; esp. if unmarried, as Hero in her tower, Musae.32, 187, cf. Philostr.Jun.Im.1; of the workman's hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb, cf. Luc.Tim.42), Paus.1.30.4, cf. AP 7.402 (Antip.); outbuildings, esp. if used in industry, LXX Is.5.2, Mi.4.8, PStrassb.110.6 (iii B.C.), BGU1194.9 (ii B.C.), 650.8 (i A.D.), POxy.243.15 (i A.D.), Ev.Marc.12.1, Ev.Luc.14.28, PGiss.67.16 (ii A.D.), IG22.2776.65 (ii A.D.);π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια PLond.2.371.3
(i A.D.).2 at Teos, a division of the people, CIG3064,3081, al.III dice-box, AP9.482.24 (Agath.); cf. Lat. pyrgus.
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