tower

Greek Noun Male

πύργος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for מִגְדָּל;] a tower: Luk.13:4; of a watch-tower in a vineyard (Isa.5:2): Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, and prob, Luk.14:28. (AS)

tower

Greek Noun Male

πύργος, ὁ, tower, especially such as were attached to the walls of a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in plural, city walls or ramparts with their towers, [Refs 8th c.BC+] b) movable tower for storming towns, [Refs 5th c.BC+] c) tower on the back of war-elephants, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] d) Ζανὸς π, [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for the central fire of the universe, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) metaphorically, tower of defence, τοῖος. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θανάτων δ᾽ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) the part of a house (probably a separate building) in which the women lived and worked, αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται [Refs 4th c.BC+] in her tower, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of the workman's hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; outbuildings, especially if used in industry, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια [Refs 1st c.AD+] II) part of an army drawn up in close order, column, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) at Teos, a division of the people, [Refs] III) dice-box, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; cf. Latin pyrgus.

Greek

Noun Masculine

a tower or castle; tower; apparently a primary word ("burgh")