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1 πανύψηλος
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2 πυργώδους
πυργώδηςtowering: masc /fem /neut gen sg (attic epic doric) -
3 οὐρανομάκης
1 towering to heaven οὐ]ρανομάκεα[ (supp. Lobel) Πα. 17. a. 6. -
4 μετέωρος
-ος,-ον A 0-3-11-1-2=17 Jgs 1,15; 2 Sm 22,28; Is 2,12.13raised from the ground, uplifted Ez 3,15; high in the air, towering Is 2,13; upper, high Jgs 1,15; lofty, exalted, uplifted Is 18,2; τὸ μετέωρον eminence, high place Sir 22,18; ὁ μετέωρος the haughty one, the arrogant one 2 Sm 22,28*Jb 28,18 μετέωρα high place?-⋄רום for MT ראמות corals? -
5 αἰπύς
A high and steep, in Hom. mostly of cities on rocky heights, esp. of Troy, Od.3.485, al.; of hills, Il.2.603; later of the sky,αἰθήρ B.3.36
; ; on high,ποδῶν αἰ. ἰωή Hes.Th. 682
; ἁψαμένη βρόχον αἰπύν hanging high, Od.11.278.2 metaph., sheer, utter, αἰ. ὄλεθρος freq. in Hom., death being regarded as the plunge from a high precipice; φόνος αἰ. Od.4.843;θάνατος Pi.O.10(11).42
; σκότος utter darkness, Id.Fr. 228; of passions, etc., αἰ. χόλος towering wrath, Il.15.223; δόλος αἰ. h.Merc.66, Hes.Th. 589;αἰπυτάτη σοφίη AP11.354
(Agath.); arduous,πόνος Il.11.601
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6 καλλίπυργος
καλλῐ-πυργος, ον,A with beautiful towers, ; τὰ κ. πεδία, of Thebes, Id.Supp. 618 (lyr.); κ. σοφία high-towering, Ar.Nu. 1024.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > καλλίπυργος
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7 πλάξ
A anything flat and broad, esp. flat land, plain,πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα A.Pers. 718
; Φλεγραίαν π. Id.Eu. 295; νυχίαν π., of Psyttaleia (fort. μυχίαν), Id.Pers. 953 (lyr.);πλακὸς ὑλίας Berl.Sitzb.1927.7
([dialect] Locr., v B.C.);νεκύων πλάκα S.OC 1564
(lyr.); νεκρῶν πλάκες ib. 1577 (lyr.); also of sea and sky, πόντου πλάξ the ocean- plain, Pi.P.1.24 ; ; ποντία, πελαγία π., E.Fr.578.4, Ar.Ra. 1438;κατ' Αἰγαίην πόντου πλάκα BMus.Inscr.1012
(Chalcedon, i B.C./i A.D.);αἰθερία πλάξ E. El. 1349
(anap.); flat top of a hill, table-land, Σουνίου, Οἴτης π., S.Aj. 1220, Ph. 1430; ; ἀπ' ἄκρας πυργώδους πλακός from the flat top of the towering hill, S.Tr. 273;τὰς π. τοῦ ὄρους Ant.Lib.4.1
.2 flat stone, tablet,ἐργώνας τᾶν πλακῶν τᾶς τομᾶς εἰς τὸν ὀχετόν IG42(1).109
iii 154 (Epid., iii B.C.);π. ἐπιγεγραμμέναι OGI672.12
(Egypt, i A.D.), cf. Luc.Somn.3, etc.; of the Tables of the Jewish Law, αἱ π. τοῦ μαρτυρίου, τῆς διαθήκης, LXXEx. 31.18, Ep.Hebr.9.4;λίθων πλαξὶ λείαις Luc.Am.12
;οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶν λιθίναις ἀλλ' ἐν π. καρδίας 2 Ep.Cor.3.3
; tombstone, AP7.324, cf. IG 12(5).329 (pl., Paros): pl., slabs of marble, Chor.p.89 B., cf. eund. in Rev.Phil.1877.79; ὥσπερ μαρμάρου π., of ice, Jul.Mis. 341b.b πλάκες χρυσίου gold plates, Str.4.2.1;σαπφείροιο D.P.1105
; ἡ ἐντὸς π. τῶν κογχυλίων the inner surface.., Thphr.Sens.73.c ἡ π. τοῦ βαλανίου τούτου prob. part of the furnace, PMag.Osl.1.340. d. pl., flakes of ἀρσενικὸν τὸ πλακῶδες, Dsc.5.104.4 κοπτῆς πλάκες,πλακοῦντες, AP12.212 (Strat.). (Cf. Lett. plakt 'become flat'.) -
8 πυργοκέρατα
πυργο-κέρᾱτα, metapl. acc.,Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πυργοκέρατα
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9 πυργόω
A gird or fence with towers,Θήβης ἕδος ἔκτισαν.. πύργωσάν τε Od.11.264
, cf. Hom.Epigr.4.3, Orac. ap. Hdt.1.174, E.Ba. 172:— [voice] Med., fortify,ὀχυρά X.Cyr.6.1.20
;ἄστη Moschio
Trag.6.27:—[voice] Pass.,κορυφαὶ πεπυργωμέναι Str.12.3.39
.2 metaph., fence, protect,δέμας ἀσπίδι Nonn.D.30.52
, etc.3 πυργωθείς furnished with a tower, of an elephant, AP9.285 (Phil.).II metaph., raise up to a towering height,πυργωθέντα πλοῦτον B.3.13
; πρῶτος.. πυργώσας ῥήματα σεμνά the first.. ' to build the lofty rhyme', Ar.Ra. 1004; τέχνην.. ἐπύργωσ' οἰκοδομήσας ἔπεσιν μεγάλοις κτλ. Id. Pax 749; soἀοιδὰς εὐδαιμονίας ἐπύργωσε E.Supp. 998
(lyr.), cf. AP7.39 (Antip. Thess.): hence, exalt, lift up,π. ἄνω τὸ μηδὲν ὄντα E.Tr. 612
; Τροίαν ib. 844 (lyr.); <ὑμᾶς>.. τυραννίσι πατὴρ ἐπύργου Id.HF 475
; of doctors, πυργοῦντες αὑτούς magnifying themselves, Men.497 (= Mimn.Trag.2); π. χάριν exalt, exaggerate it, E.Med. 526;δὶς τόσα π. τῶν γιγνομένων Id.Heracl. 293
(anap.);τὴν τέχνην Lib.Ep.834.5
; καθαροῖς λούμασι adorn (the city) with.., Epigr.Gr.903: also intr., declaim,μάταιον τὸ πυργοῦν λέγοντα.. Phld.Mort.33
:—[voice] Pass., exalt oneself, τῇδ' ἐπυργοῦτο στολῇ, of a horse, A.Pers. 192; πεπύργωσαι θράσει, λόγοις, E.Or. 1568, HF 238. -
10 πυργώδης
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11 ὑψαύχην
2 metaph., stately, towering, ;θῶκος Epigr.Gr.903
(Sardis, iv A.D.); of a wine-bottle, AP5.134.3 in moral sense, stately, haughty, ib.250 (Iren.), 9.641 (Agath.), etc.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὑψαύχην
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12 ὑψίκομος
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13 ὑψιμέδων
II metaph., towering,Παρνασός Pi.N.2.19
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14 ὑψιπαγής
ὑψῐ-πᾰγής, ές,2 set on high,ὅπλα ὑ. κρεμάσασα Nonn.D.2.712
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15 ὑψίπυργος
ὑψῐ-πυργος, ον,Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὑψίπυργος
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16 αἰπύς
αἰπύς, εῖα, ύ: steep, towering; of mountains, towns (here esp. the form αἰπεινός), streams with steep banks (αἰπὰ ῥέεθρα, Θ 3, Il. 21.9, cf. 10), a noose ‘hung high,’ Od. 11.278; met. πόνος, ‘arduous;’ ὄλεθρος, ‘utter,’ etc.; αἰπύ οἱ ἐσσεῖται, he will find it ‘steep,’ Il. 13.317.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > αἰπύς
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17 ἠλίβατος
ἠλίβατος: towering, lofty, Od. 9.243, Il. 15.273.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἠλίβατος
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18 κορυφόω
κορυφόω, mid. κορυφοῦται: mid., rise with towering crest; κῦμα (cf. κορθύομαι), Il. 4.426†.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > κορυφόω
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19 ὄγκος 2
ὄγκος 2.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `mass, burden, weight; distinction, pride, pomposity', also as notion of style (IA.); but see at the end.Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. ὑπέρ-ογκος `excessively large, exaggerated, haughty' (Pl., X.), rarely as 1. member, e.g. ὀγκό-φωνος `with a hollow and pompous tone' (of a trumpet; sch.).Derivatives: 1. Adj. ὀγκ-ηρός `bulky, extensive', mostly metaph. `pompous' (Hp., X., Arist.); - ώδης `bulky, bombastic' (Pl., X., Arist.); ὀγκύλον σεμνόν, γαῦρον H. with ( δι-)ὀγκύλλομαι, - υλόομαι `to be swollen, to be puffed up' (Hp., Ar.); comp. ὀγκότερος `bulky' (Arist.), sup. - τατος (AP); on the formation Schwyzer 536. 2. Verb ὀγκόο-μαι, - όω, also w. prefix, e.g. δια-, ἐξ- `to become a mass, resp. to bring something off, to tower (above), to puff oneself up' (ion. att.) with ( δι-, ἐξ-)ὄγκωσις `bulge, swelling' (Arist., medic.), ( ἐξ-)ὄγκωμα `bulge, swelling, towering (above), heap' (Hp., E.). -- From H.: ὀγκίαι θημῶνες, χώματα; ὄγκη μέγεθος (cf. to 1. ὄγκος).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Prop. "what is carried, load, burden" as verbal noun with ο-ablaut of the root seen in the reduplicated aorist ἐνεγκεῖν; s. v. (supposed to be * h₁enk-). - Jouanna ( CRAI 1985, 31-60) holds that the meaning `burden' is not attested and that there is only one word `gonflement' from `curvature' (* h₂onk-).Page in Frisk: 2,347Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὄγκος 2
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20 ὕψωμα
ὕψωμα, ατος, τό (fr. ὕψι via ὑψόω; Plut., Mor. 782d; Sext. Emp., Math. 5, 33; 35; LXX; TestJob 41, 4; Philo, Praem. 2; Ps.-Phoc. 73; SibOr 8, 234; the mng. ‘linear extension’ [‘height’] is not found in our lit.)① as an astronomical term (cp. the t.t. ‘exaltation’ Plut., Mor. 149a; Ptolem., Apotel. 1, 20, 1ff; oft. Vett. Val.; PLond 110, 14; Cat. Cod. Astr. XII 102, 25. Neugebauer/Hoesen, glossary p. 199) the space above the horizon, the world above (which would be the domain of many transcendent forces) Ro 8:39 (opp. βάθος, q.v. 1 and s. Rtzst., Poim. 80; WKnox, St. Paul and the Church of the Gentiles ’39, 106f).—OGerhardt, D. Stern des Messias 1922, 15. ὁ θεὸς τῶν ὑψωμάτων GJs 6:2.② that which postures arrogantly, arrogance, πᾶν ὕψωμα ἐπαιρόμενον everything that rises up, prob.= all pride ( every proud obstacle NRSV) that rises up against it 2 Cor 10:5 (Euthym.: ὑψηλοφρονία. But Chrysost. MPG LXI, 545 explains it by using πύργωμα, which would mean someth. like ‘towering fortress’; cp. PPetr III, 46, 3, 11 τοὺς ἐπαρθέντας τοίχους; TestJob 41:4 ἐποίησεν ἑαυτὸν ἀθρόως εἰς τὸ αὐτοῦ ὕψωμα ‘self-aggrandizement’).—DELG s.v. ὕψι. M-M. TW.
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