Argo
English
Etymology
From Latin Argo, from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
Proper noun
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.
Translations
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
Declension
Fourth declension, with irregular nominative in -ō. 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
- English: Argo
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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