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.

Derived terms

• Argean
• Argoan
• Argonaut
• Argo Navis
• Argonia
• Argos

 

Translations

mythical ship

• French: Argo (fr)
• German: Argo
• Greek: Αργώ (el) f (Argó)

  Ancient: Ἀργώ f (Argṓ)

• Polish: Argo (pl) m
• Portuguese: Argo (pt) m
• Russian: Арго́ m (Argó)
• Spanish: Argo

Further reading

• Argo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• goar, Goar, rago, Rago, Agro, agro, Garo, gora, grao, Gora, agro-

Estonian

Proper noun

Argo

1. a male given name

Italian

Proper noun

Argo f

1. Argos

Related terms

• argivo

Anagrams

• agro, agro-, gora, roga

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡoː/, [ˈärɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡo/, [ˈärɡo]

Proper noun

Argō f sg (genitive Argūs); fourth declension

1. the Argo (mythical ship)

Declension

• 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

• Argonauta
• Argonauticus
• Argonautica (title of a work by Valerius Flaccus)
• Argōus

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

Further reading

• Argo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡu/ [ˈaɦ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡu/ [ˈaɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ɡu/ [ˈaɾ.ɣu]

Proper noun

Argo m

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

Related terms

• argonauta

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾɡo/ [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Syllabification: Ar‧go

Proper noun

Argo m

1. (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship)

Related terms

• argonauta

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Argo

1. (astronomy) Argo