Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καλλίπυργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλίπυργος καλλίπυργον

Structure: καλλιπυργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with beautiful towers, high-towering

Examples

  • ‐ τὰ καλλίπυργα πεδία πῶσ ἱκοίμεθ’ ἄν, Καλλίχορον θεᾶσ ὕδωρ λιποῦσαι ‐ ‐ ποτανὰν εἴ σέ τισ θεῶν κτίσαι. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful towers

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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