πυργ-όω,
A. girdorfence with towers, Θήβης ἕδος ἔκτισαν . . πύργωσάν τε
Od. 11.264
, cf. Hom. Epigr. 4.3 , Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.174 , E. Ba. 172 :— Med. ,fortify, ὀχυρά
X. Cyr. 6.1.20
; ἄστη
Moschio
Trag. 6.27 :— Pass. , κορυφαὶ πεπυργωμέναι
Str. 12.3.39
.
2. metaph.,fence, protect, δέμας ἀσπίδι
Nonn. D. 30.52
, etc.
3. πυργωθείς furnished with a tower, of an elephant, AP 9.285 ( Phil. ).
II. metaph.,raise up to a towering height, πυργωθέντα πλοῦτον
B. 3.13