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.

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Italian

Proper noun

Argo f

  1. Argos

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Latin

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Argō f (genitive Argūs); fourth declension

  1. the Argo (mythical ship)

Declension

Fourth declension, with irregular nominative in . 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

Descendants

References

  • 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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Portuguese

Proper noun

Argo m

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Argo m

  1. (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship)
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