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.