πύργος purgos · G4444

πύργος, ὁ, ; tower, especially such as were attached to the walls of a city, []: in plural, city walls or ramparts with their towers, []; b movable tower for storming towns, []; c tower on the back of war-elephants, []; d Ζανὸς π., [] name for the central fire of the universe, []; 2 metaphorically, tower of defence, τοῖος.. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, []; θανάτων δ᾽ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths, []; 3 the part of a house (probably a separate building) in which the women lived …