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.
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Italian
Proper noun
Argo f
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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
- the Argo (mythical ship)
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 |
Related terms
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
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Portuguese
Proper noun
Argo m
- (Greek mythology) Argus (giant with a hundred eyes)
- (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship of the Argonauts)
Spanish
Proper noun
Argo m
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