Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑψίπυργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίπυργος ὑψίπυργον

Structure: ὑψιπυργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-towered

Examples

  • ἰάπτει δ’ ἐλπίδων ἀφ’ ὑψιπύργων πανώλεισ βροτούσ, βίαν δ’ οὔτιν’ ἐξοπλίζει· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 51)

Synonyms

  1. high-towered

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

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