Argo

See also: argo and argó

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Argo, from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.

Proper nounEdit

Argo

1. (Greek mythology) The ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
2. (astronomy) Argo Navis, a large constellation in the southern hemisphere, now divided into Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

TranslationsEdit

mythical ship

• French: Argo (fr)
• German: Argo
• Greek: Αργώ (el) f (Argó)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀργώ f (Argṓ)

• Polish: Argo m
• Portuguese: Argo (pt) m
• Russian: Арго́ m (Argó)
• Spanish: Argo

See alsoEdit

• Argean
• Argo Navis
• Argonaut
• Argos

AnagramsEdit

• Rago, agro, agro-, goar

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ItalianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Argo f

1. Argos

AnagramsEdit

• agro, roga

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.

Proper nounEdit

Argō f (genitive Argūs); fourth declension

1. the Argo (mythical ship)

DeclensionEdit

Fourth declension, with irregular nominative in -ō. Only the genitive and accusative are attested. The remaining forms have been reconstructed based on the Greek inflection.

Number	Singular
nominative	Argō
genitive	Argūs
dative	Arguī
accusative	Argō
ablative	Arguī
vocative	Argō

Related termsEdit

• Argōnauta
• Argōus

DescendantsEdit

• English: Argo

ReferencesEdit

• Argo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Argō” on page 159/3 of Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Argo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Further readingEdit

• Argo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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PortugueseEdit

Proper nounEdit

Argo m

1. (Greek mythology) Argus (giant with a hundred eyes)
2. (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship of the Argonauts)

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SpanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Argo m

1. (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship)