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πυργώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυργώδης πυργώδες

Structure: πυργωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a tower

Examples

  • ὧν ἔχων χόλον, ὡσ ἵκετ’ αὖθισ Ἴφιτοσ Τιρυνθίαν πρὸσ κλιτύν, ἵππουσ νομάδασ ἐξιχνοσκοπῶν, τότ’ ἄλλοσ’ αὐτὸν ὄμμα, θατέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔχοντ’, ἀπ’ ἄκρασ ἧκε πυργώδουσ πλακόσ. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral 2:9)

Synonyms

  1. like a tower

Similar forms

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

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