πύργος
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The word is first attested in Homer, Iliad 7.219. Believed to be a borrowed word, perhaps from Urartian 𒁓𒂵𒈾 (bur-ga-na /burgana/, “pillar, column; altar, base, or built-up foundation”), however this may itself be a loan with no known Hurrian cognate; compare also Old Armenian բուրգն (burgn, “pyramid”). Others connect the word to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), with cognates including Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, “lofty, high, tall”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high”) and Old English burg (English borough). Kretschmer suggested a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortified town, hill-fort”) mediated through some Northern Balkans language (Ancient Macedonian?). For Beekes, the abundance of Pre-Greek placenames, like e. g. Πέργαμον (Pérgamon), seems to indicate a Pre-Greek origin.
πῠ́ργος • (púrgos) m (genitive πῠ́ργου); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῠ́ργος ho púrgos |
τὼ πῠ́ργω tṑ púrgō |
οἱ πῠ́ργοι hoi púrgoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῠ́ργου toû púrgou |
τοῖν πῠ́ργοιν toîn púrgoin |
τῶν πῠ́ργων tôn púrgōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῠ́ργῳ tôi púrgōi |
τοῖν πῠ́ργοιν toîn púrgoin |
τοῖς πῠ́ργοις toîs púrgois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῠ́ργον tòn púrgon |
τὼ πῠ́ργω tṑ púrgō |
τοὺς πῠ́ργους toùs púrgous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠ́ργε púrge |
πῠ́ργω púrgō |
πῠ́ργοι púrgoi | ||||||||||
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From Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).
πύργος • (pýrgos) m (plural πύργοι)
Chess pieces in Greek · πεσσοί (pessoí) (layout · text) | |||||
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βασιλιάς (vasiliás) | βασίλισσα (vasílissa) | πύργος (pýrgos) | αξιωματικός (axiomatikós), τρελός (trelós) | ίππος (íppos) | στρατιώτης (stratiótis), πιόνι (pióni) |
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