ΜΕΤΑΠΥΡΓΙΑ, μεταπυργια
METAPYRGIA, metapyrgia
Sounds Like: meh-tah-PYR-ghee-ah
Translations: spaces between towers, intervals between towers, curtain walls
From the root: ΠΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, formed from 'μετά' (meta), meaning 'between' or 'after', and 'πύργος' (pyrgos), meaning 'tower'. It refers to the sections of a wall or fortification that lie between two towers, often called curtain walls or inter-tower spaces. It describes the non-tower parts of a defensive structure.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 15:390
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΡΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΥΓΟΝ — tower, a tower
- ΠΥΓΟΥ — of a tower, of the tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟ — tower, a tower, fortress, a fortress
- ΠΥΡΓΟΙ — towers
- ΠΥΡΓΟΙΣ — to towers, in towers, with towers, by towers
- ΠΥΡΓΟΝ — tower, a tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΣ — tower, a tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΥ — of a tower, of the tower, a tower, the tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΥΣ — towers, a tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΥΣΔΕ — towers, and towers, but towers, moreover towers
- ΠΥΡΓΩ — (to) a tower, (to) the tower
- ΠΥΡΓΩΝ — of towers, towers
- ΠΥΡΓΩΤΗΝ — towered, furnished with towers, a towered (thing)
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