puØr-aughv" , ev" , ( aujghv ) fiery bright, h. Hom. , Anth.
purghdovn
purghdovn , Adv. like a tower: —of soldiers, in columns, in close array, Il.: v. puvrgo" II .
purghrevomai
purghrevomai , Pass. to be shut up as in a tower, to be beleaguered, Aesch ., Eur. From purghvrh"
purghvrh"
purg-hvrh" , e", ( * a[rw ) of a place, fortified, ap. Paus.
purgivdion
purgivdion »iØ1/4, tov , Dim. of puvrgo" , Ar.
puvrgino"
puvrgiØno" , h, on , ( puvrgo" ) tower-like, Aesch.
purgodavi>kto"
purgo-davi>kto" , on , ( dai?zw ) destroying towers, Aesch.
purgomacevw
purgo-ma±cevw , f. hvsw , ( mavcomai ) to assault a tower, Xen.
puvrgo", PU vRGOS
PU vRGOS
,
oJ
,
a tower,
Il.,
Hdt.
,
etc.
:—in
pl.
the city walls with towers,
Il.; so, collectively, in
sing.
, Od.,
Eur.
b.
a movable tower for
storming towns,
Xen.
2.
metaph.
a tower of defence,
as Ajax is called
puvrgo" jAcaioi`"
, Od.;
pai`" a[rshn patevrÆ e[cei puvrgon mevgan
Eur
.;
qanavtwn p
.
a tower of defence from
deaths,
Soph.
3.
the highest part of any building,
where the women lived, Il.
II.
troops drawn up in close order, a column,
Ib.;
cf.
purghdovn
.
purgoforevw
purgoforevw , f. hvsw , to bear a tower or towers, Luc. From purgofovro"
purgofovro"
purgo-fovro" , on , bearing a tower, of Cybelé, Anth.
purgofuvlax
purgo-fuvlax »uØ1/4, oJ , a tower-guard, warder, Aesch.
purgovw
purgovw , f. wvsw , ( puvrgo" ) to gird or fence with towers, Od., Eur. :— Med. to build towers, Xen .:— Pass. , purgwqeiv" furnished with a tower, of an elephant, Anth.
II. metaph. to raise up to a towering height, purgw`sai rJhvmata semnav ‘ to build the lofty rhyme,’ Ar. ; so, ajoida;" ejpuvrgwse Eur .:—hence, to exalt, lift up, Id.; so, p. cavrin to exalt, exaggerate it, Id.:— Pass. to exalt oneself, Aesch .; pepuvrgwsai qravsei, lovgoi" Eur.