Argo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Argo, from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
Proper noun[edit]
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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Translations[edit]
mythical ship
Further reading[edit]
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Estonian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Argo
- a male given name
Italian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Argo f
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡoː/, [ˈärɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡo/, [ˈärɡo]
Proper noun[edit]
Argō f sg (genitive Argūs); fourth declension
- the Argo (mythical ship)
Declension[edit]
- Only the nominative and accusative Argō and the genitive Argūs are attested.
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Argō |
Genitive | Argūs |
Dative | Argō |
Accusative | Argō |
Ablative | Argō |
Vocative | Argō |
Related terms[edit]
- Argonauta
- Argonauticus
- Argonautica (title of a work by Valerius Flaccus)
- Argōus
Descendants[edit]
- English: Argo
References[edit]
- “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
Further reading[edit]
- Argo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Argo m
- (Greek mythology) Argus (giant with a hundred eyes)
- (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship of the Argonauts)
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Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Argo m
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Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Argo
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