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.
