Argous Portus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Portus Argōus

Etymology

Named for the circumstance that the Argonauts were believed to have touched there on their return voyage, while sailing in quest of Circe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈɡoː.us ˈpor.tus/, [ärˈɡoːʊs̠ ˈpɔrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡo.us ˈpor.tus/, [ärˈɡɔːus ˈpɔrt̪us]

Proper noun

Argōus Portus m sg (variously declined, genitive Argōī Portūs); second declension, fourth declension

1. a harbour on the northern coast of Elba, now Portoferraio

Declension

Second-declension noun with a fourth-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Argōus Portus
Genitive	Argōī Portūs
Dative	Argōō Portuī
Accusative	Argōum Portum
Ablative	Argōō Portū
Vocative	Argōe Portus
Locative	Argōī Portū

References

• “ARGO´US PORTUS”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly