Ἄργος

See also: αργός, Άργος, and ἀργός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Usually said to be related to ἀργός (argós, “bright, shining”).

According to Gamkrelidze's hypothesis, ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *egr- (“~ western Georgia”) (cf. Mingrelian მ-არგ-ალი (m-arg-ali, “Mingrelian”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *m-egr-el-i), a toponym allegedly picked up by the linguistic ancestors of Greeks during their theoretical migration from near the Caucasus, along with Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs) and Ἀργολίς (Argolís).[1] Few other scholars support the proto-Greeks' migration through the Caucasus and Asia Minor, however.

Proper noun

Ἄργος • (Árgos) n (genitive Ἄργεος or Ἄργους); third declension

  1. Argos
  2. Name of a Doric tribal confederation
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργους (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος
tò Ắrgos
Genitive τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργους
toû Ắrgous
Dative τῷ Ᾰ̓́ργει
tōî Ắrgei
Accusative τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος
tò Ắrgos
Vocative Ᾰ̓́ργος
Ắrgos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of Ᾰ̓́ργος; Ᾰ̓́ργεος (Epic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative Ᾰ̓́ργος
Ắrgos
Genitive Ᾰ̓́ργεος / Ᾰ̓́ργευς
Ắrgeos / Ắrgeus
Dative Ᾰ̓́ργει / Ᾰ̓́ργεῐ̈
Ắrgei / Ắrgeĭ̈
Accusative Ᾰ̓́ργος
Ắrgos
Vocative Ᾰ̓́ργος
Ắrgos
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Third declension of τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργεος (Ionic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος
tò Ắrgos
Genitive τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργεος / Ᾰ̓́ργευς
toû Ắrgeos / Ắrgeus
Dative τῷ Ᾰ̓́ργει / Ᾰ̓́ργεῐ̈
tōî Ắrgei / Ắrgeĭ̈
Accusative τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος
tò Ắrgos
Vocative Ᾰ̓́ργος
Ắrgos
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Greek: Άργος (Árgos)
  • → Latin: Argos

References

  1. ^ Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 802–803

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Ἄργος • (Árgos) m (genitive Ἄργου); second declension

  1. Argus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́ργος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ᾰ̓́ργος
ho Ắrgos
Genitive τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργου
toû Ắrgou
Dative τῷ Ᾰ̓́ργῳ
tōî Ắrgōi
Accusative τὸν Ᾰ̓́ργον
tòn Ắrgon
Vocative Ᾰ̓́ργε
Ắrge
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants

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