1. turris — Lewis & Short
turris, is (f., = tu/rris.
acc. turrim and turrem; abl. turri and turre; v. Neue, Formenl. I. 196 sqq.),I Lit.
A In gen., a tower:
eā ballistā si pervortam turrim,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 59: apud vetustam turrem, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 761 P.:
Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:
in omni turre,Val. Fl. 1, 14:
celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.
altae,id. Epod. 17, 70:
Dardanae,id. C. 4, 6, 7:
aënea,Ov. Am. 2, 19, 27.—
B In partic., a military tower, for defence of a camp or the walls of a city:
turrim in praecipiti stantem Adgressi ferro,Verg. A. 2, 460; Caes. B. G. 5, 40; 6, 29; id. B. C. 3, 9; Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 4;
for attack in a siege,Caes. B. G. 3, 21; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Liv. 32, 17, 17;
on the backs of elephants,id. 37, 40, 4;
on a ship,id. 37, 24, 6 et saep.—
II Transf.
A For any high building, a castle, palace, citadel:
pauperum tabernas Regumque turres,Hor. C. 1, 4, 14; so,
regia,Ov. M. 8, 14:
Maecenatiana,Suet. Ner 38:
maris vastum prospectet turribus aequor,Tib. 1, 7, 19.—
B A dove-cot built in the form of a tower, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 6; Ov. P. 1, 6, 51.—
C A kind of battlearray when the troops were arranged in a square, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1.