πύργος
Alt. πύργος, ὁ,
I. "a tower", Il., Hdt., etc.:—in pl. "the city walls with towers", Il.; so, collectively, in sg., Od., Eur.
b. "a movable tower for" storming towns, Xen.
2. metaph. "a tower of defence", as Ajax is called πύργος Ἀχαιοῖς, Od.; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρ᾽ ἔχει πύργον μέγαν Eur.; θανάτων π. "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", id=Il.; cf. πυργηδόν.