Ἀργοναύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀργώ (Argṓ) +‎ ναύτης (naútēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɡo.nǎu̯.tɛːs/ → /ar.ɣoˈnaɸ.tis/ → /ar.ɣoˈnaf.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡo.nǎu̯.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡoˈnaʍ.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ɣoˈnaɸ.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ɣoˈnaf.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ɣoˈnaf.tis/

Noun

Ἀργοναύτης • (Argonaútēs) m (genitive Ἀργοναύτου); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Argonaut

Declension

First declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓ργοναύτης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓ργοναύτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓ργοναύτης ho Ărgonaútēs	τὼ Ᾰ̓ργοναύτᾱ tṑ Ărgonaútā	οἱ Ᾰ̓ργοναῦται hoi Ărgonaûtai
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓ργοναύτου toû Ărgonaútou	τοῖν Ᾰ̓ργοναύταιν toîn Ărgonaútain	τῶν Ᾰ̓ργοναυτῶν tôn Ărgonautôn
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓ργοναύτῃ tôi Ărgonaútēi	τοῖν Ᾰ̓ργοναύταιν toîn Ărgonaútain	τοῖς Ᾰ̓ργοναύταις toîs Ărgonaútais
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓ργοναύτην tòn Ărgonaútēn	τὼ Ᾰ̓ργοναύτᾱ tṑ Ărgonaútā	τοὺς Ᾰ̓ργοναύτᾱς toùs Ărgonaútās
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ργοναῦτᾰ Ărgonaûtă	Ᾰ̓ργοναύτᾱ Ărgonaútā	Ᾰ̓ργοναῦται Ărgonaûtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → English: Argonaut, argonaute
• → Finnish: argonautti
• → French: argonaute
• → Georgian: არგონავტი (argonavṭi)
• → Italian: argonauta
• → Latin: Argonauta
• → Pannonian Rusyn: арґонаут (argonaut)
• → Polish: argonauta, Argonauta
• → Portuguese: argonauta, Argonauta
• → Spanish: argonauta
• → Translingual: Argonauta

Further reading

• Ἀργοναύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀργοναύτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Ἀργοναύτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “Ἀργοναύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press