Argo
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Argo, from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
Proper nounEdit
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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TranslationsEdit
mythical ship
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EstonianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Argo
- A male given name.
ItalianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Argo f
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Argō f sg (genitive Argūs); fourth declension
- the Argo (mythical ship)
DeclensionEdit
- 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 termsEdit
- Argonauta
- Argonauticus
- Argonautica (title of a work by Valerius Flaccus)
- Argōus
DescendantsEdit
- English: Argo
ReferencesEdit
- “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 readingEdit
- Argo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Argo m
- (Greek mythology) Argus (giant with a hundred eyes)
- (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship of the Argonauts)
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SpanishEdit
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Argo m
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SwahiliEdit
Proper nounEdit
Argo
- (astronomy) Argo