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 Ἀ̆ργοναύτης; τοῦ Ἀ̆ργοναύτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀ̆ργοναύτης ho Argonaútēs	τὼ Ἀ̆ργοναύτᾱ tṑ Argonaútā	οἱ Ἀ̆ργοναῦται hoi Argonaûtai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀ̆ργοναύτου toû Argonaútou	τοῖν Ἀ̆ργοναύταιν toîn Argonaútain	τῶν Ἀ̆ργοναυτῶν tôn Argonautôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀ̆ργοναύτῃ tôi Argonaútēi	τοῖν Ἀ̆ργοναύταιν toîn Argonaútain	τοῖς Ἀ̆ργοναύταις toîs Argonaútais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀ̆ργοναύτην tòn Argonaútēn	τὼ Ἀ̆ργοναύτᾱ tṑ Argonaútā	τοὺς Ἀ̆ργοναύτᾱς toùs Argonaútās
Vocative	Ἀ̆ργοναῦτᾰ Argonaûta	Ἀ̆ργοναύτᾱ Argonaútā	Ἀ̆ργοναῦται Argonaûtai
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 (2006–2024)
• “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