πύργος, ὁ,
tower, especially such as were attached to the walls of a city, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: in
plural,
city walls or
ramparts with their towers, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
b movable tower for storming towns, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
c tower on the back of war-elephants, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
d Ζανὸς π., [
Refs 4th c.BC+] name for the central fire of the universe, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 metaphorically,
tower of defence, τοῖος.. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θανάτων δ᾽ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα
a tower of defence from deaths, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3 the part of a house (probably a separate building)
in which the women lived and worked, αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται [
Refs 4th c.BC+] in her
tower, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of the
workman's hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb,[
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
outbuildings, especially if used in industry, [
LXX+3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II part of an army drawn up in close order, column, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2 at Teos, a division of the people, [
Refs]
III dice-box, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]; cf. Latin
pyrgus.
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