Argive

//ˈɑɹɡaɪv// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of Argos.

    "The Greeks generally think that this fate came upon him because he induced the Pythoness to pronounce against Demaratus; the Athenians differ from all others in saying that it was because he cut down the sacred grove of the goddesses when he made his invasion by Eleusis; while the Argives ascribe it to his having taken from their refuge and cut to pieces certain argives who had fled from battle into a precinct sacred to Argus, where Cleomenes slew them, burning likewise at the same time, through irreverence, the grove itself."

  2. 2
    a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos wordnet
  3. 3
    In the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, and in later classical epics, an alternate name for an Achaean, or Greek in general. poetic
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or pertaining to Argos. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Greek. broadly, not-comparable

    "[…] And many an old philosophy ⁠On Argive heights divinely sang, ⁠And round us all the thicket rang To many a flute of Arcady."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people wordnet

Synonyms

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argotdanaandanaan

Example

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""Then, but for folly or Fate's adverse power, / his word had made us with our trusty glaive / lay bare the Argive ambush, and this hour / should Ilion stand, and thou, O Priam's lofty tower!""

Etymology

From Latin Argīvus, from Ancient Greek Ἀργεῖος (Argeîos).

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