Argos

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡɒs/, /ˈɑːɡəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹˌɡɑs/, /ˈɑɹɡəs/

Proper noun

Argos (plural Argoses)

1. A city in the Peloponnese, Greece.
2. (Greek mythology) The dog of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
3. (Greek mythology) Alternative form of Argus (“many-eyed servant of Hera”)
4. A town in Indiana; named for the city in Greece.
5. A river in Murcia, Spain; flowing from Caravaca de la Cruz into the Segura at Calasparra.

Related terms

• Argot

Translations

city in Greece

• Arabic: آرغوس
• Armenian: Արգոս (hy) (Argos)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾戈斯 / 阿尔戈斯 (Ā'ěrgēsī)

• Danish: Argos
• Greek: Άργος (el) n (Árgos)

  Ancient: Ἄργος n (Árgos)

• Greenlandic: Argosi
• Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᒍᔅ (arcos)
• Italian: Argo (it)
• Japanese: アルゴス (Arugosu)
• Korean: 아르고스 (Areugoseu)
• Latin: Argī m pl, Argos n
• Marathi: आर्गोस (ārgos)
• Polish: Argos (pl) n
• Portuguese: Argos (pt) f
• Russian: А́ргос (ru) m (Árgos)
• Spanish: Argos (es) m
• Turkish: Argos
• Ukrainian: А́ргос (Árhos)
• Urdu: آرگوس (ārgos)

Anagrams

• Garos, Goars, Goras, Ragos, goras, sargo

Catalan

Proper noun

Argos m

1. Argos

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡos/, [ˈärɡɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡos/, [ˈärɡos]

Proper noun

Argos n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. Alternative form of Argī (“Argos”)

Declension

Indeclinable noun (used only in the nominative and accusative), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Argos
genitive	—
dative	—
accusative	Argos
ablative	—
vocative	—

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡoːs/, [ˈärɡoːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡos/, [ˈärɡos]

Proper noun

Argōs

1. accusative of Argī

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡus/ [ˈaɦ.ɡus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡus/ [ˈaɦ.ɡus]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ɡus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ɡos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ɡuʃ/ [ˈaɾ.ɣuʃ]

• Hyphenation: Ar‧gos

Proper noun

Argos

1. Argos (a city in Argolis, Greece)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾɡos/ [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞os]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡos
• Syllabification: Ar‧gos

Proper noun

Argos f

1. Argos (a city in Argolis, Greece)