that which is furnished with towers, fenced city
Ancient Greek word, found 13 times in the texts on Socratos.
Herodotus, Histories 7.140.3: πολλὰ δὲ κἆλλʼ ἀπολεῖ πυργώματα κοὐ τὸ σὸν οἶον, πολλοὺς δʼ ἀθανάτων νηοὺς μαλερῷ πυρὶ δώσει, οἵ που νῦν ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι ἑστήκασι, δείματι π …
Euripides, Cyclops 115: τείχη δὲ ποῦ ’στι καὶ πόλεως πυργώματα;
Euripides, Suppliants 1221: ἑπτάστολον πύργωμα Καδμείων ἔπι·