Argo
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Etymology edit
From Latin Argo, from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
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Argo
- (Greek mythology) The ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
- (astronomy) Argo Navis, a large constellation in the southern hemisphere, now divided into Carina, Puppis, and Vela.
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mythical ship
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Argo
- a male given name
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Argo f
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡoː/, [ˈärɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡo/, [ˈärɡo]
Proper noun edit
Argō f sg (genitive Argūs); fourth declension
- the Argo (mythical ship)
Declension edit
- Only the nominative and accusative Argō and the genitive Argūs are attested.
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Argō |
Genitive | Argūs |
Dative | Argō |
Accusative | Argō |
Ablative | Argō |
Vocative | Argō |
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- Argonauta
- Argonauticus
- Argonautica (title of a work by Valerius Flaccus)
- Argōus
Descendants edit
- English: Argo
References edit
- “Argo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Argō in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 159/3
- “Argo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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- Argo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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Argo m
- (Greek mythology) Argus (giant with a hundred eyes)
- (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship of the Argonauts)
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Argo m
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Argo