Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Argos or the ancient region of Argolis.
- adjective Of or relating to Greece or the Greeks.
- noun A Greek, especially an inhabitant of Argos or Argolis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to Argos, the historic capital of Argolis or Argeia in Greece, or to its inhabitants, or to Argolis, the territory of Argos.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Argos or of Argolis; a Greek.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
Argos ; (loosely)Greek . - proper noun An
inhabitant ofArgos . - proper noun poetic In the
Homeric Iliad andOdyssey , and in later classical epics, an alternate name for anAchaean orGreek in general.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The play begins with Adrastus and the Argive mothers seeking help from Aithra and her son Theseus within the Temple of Demeter.
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The play begins with Adrastus and the Argive mothers seeking help from Aithra and her son Theseus within the Temple of Demeter.
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He refuses pending the decision of the Argive people, who decide in the favor of the Danaids.
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He refuses pending the decision of the Argive people, who decide in the favor of the Danaids.
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The play ends with the Danaids retreating into the Argive walls, protected
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The play ends with the Danaids retreating into the Argive walls, protected
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At first the onset of the Argive spearmen broke our ranks; then they in turn gave ground; next, foot to foot and man to man, they fought their stubborn fray, many falling the while.
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Clytemnestra's tomb a mingled cup of honey, milk, and frothing wine; then stand upon the heaped-up grave, and proclaim therefrom, "Helen, thy sister, sends thee these libations as her gift, fearing herself to approach thy tomb from terror of the Argive mob"; and bid her harbour kindly thoughts towards me and thee and my husband; towards these two wretched sufferers, too, whom Heaven hath afflicted.
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But I will come again, bringing hither a host of Argive troops, spearmen clad in bronze; for countless warriors are awaiting my return, and king Eurystheus in person at their head; anxiously he waits the issue here on the borders of Alcathous 'realm.
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No longer then cower before the hated Argive spear; for
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