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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Estonian

Proper noun

Argo

  1. a male given name

Italian

Proper noun

Argo f

  1. Argos

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 ), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Argō
Genitive Argūs
Dative Argō
Accusative Argō
Ablative Argō
Vocative Argō
  • 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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Argo m

  1. (Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship)

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Argo

  1. (astronomy) Argo
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