Argo

See also: argo and argó

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Argo

  1. (with the, 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.

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

Proper noun

Argo

  1. (astronomy) Argo