Argo

See also: argo and argó

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Argean
• Argo Navis
• Argoan
• Argonaut
• Argos

Translations

mythical ship

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

  Ancient: Ἀργώ f (Argṓ)

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

Anagrams

• Garo, Goar, Gora, Rago, agro, agro-, goar, gora

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Estonian

Proper noun

Argo

1. A male given name.

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Italian

Proper noun

Argo f

1. Argos

Related terms

• argivo

Anagrams

• agro, agro-, gora, roga

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡoː/, [ˈärɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡo/, [ˈärɡo]

Proper noun

Argō f sg (genitive Argūs); fourth declension

1. the Argo (mythical ship)

Declension

• Only the nominative and accusative Argō and the genitive Argūs are attested.

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō).

Case	Singular
Nominative	Argō
Genitive	Argūs
Dative	Argō
Accusative	Argō
Ablative	Argō
Vocative	Argō

Related terms

• Argonauta
• Argonauticus
• Argonautica (title of a work by Valerius Flaccus)
• Argōus

Descendants

• English: Argo

References

• “Argo”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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

Further reading

• Argo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈaʁ.ɡu/, [ˈaɦ.ɡu]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈaʁ.ɡu/, [ˈaɦ.ɡu]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /ˈaɾ.ɡu/, [ˈaɾ.ɡu]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈaʁ.ɡu/, [ˈaʁ.ɡu]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈaɾ.ɡu/, [ˈaɾ.ɣu]

Proper noun

Argo m

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

Related terms

• argonauta

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾɡo/, [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞o]

Proper noun

Argo m

1. (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship)

Related terms

• argonauta

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Swahili

Proper noun

Argo

1. (astronomy) Argo