What does "argive" mean?
An inhabitant of Argos.
Argive
/ˈɑɹɡaɪv/ adj, noun
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An inhabitant of Argos.
- Grammar: argive is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: argot.
- Usage evidence: "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!"
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos wordnet
- 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 Of, from or pertaining to Argos. not-comparable
- 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 of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people wordnet
Synonyms
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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!""
Common questions
What is a synonym for "argive"?
Common synonyms include: argot.
How do you use "argive" in a sentence?
"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!"
How do you pronounce "argive"?
Pronounced /ˈɑɹɡaɪv/.
Etymology
From Latin Argīvus, from Ancient Greek Ἀργεῖος (Argeîos).