Ἄργος

Ἄργος

See also: αργός, Άργος, and ἀργός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.ɡos/ → /ˈar.ɣos/ → /ˈar.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɣos/

Etymology 1

Said to be related to ἀργός (argós, “bright, shining”).

According to another hypothesis, ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *egr- (“~ western Georgia”) (cf. Mingrelian მ-არგ-ალი (m-arg-ali, “Mingrelian”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *m-egr-el-i), a toponym picked up by the linguistic ancestors of Greeks during their theoretical migration from near the Caucasus, along with Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs) and Ἀργολίς (Argolís).[1]

Proper noun

Ἄργος • (Árgos) n (genitive Ἄργεος or Ἄργους); third declension

1. Argos
2. Name of a Doric tribal confederation

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος tò Árgos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργους toû Árgous
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́ργει tôi Árgei
Accusative	τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος tò Árgos
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́ργος Árgos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Ᾰ̓́ργος; Ᾰ̓́ργεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ᾰ̓́ργος Árgos
Genitive	Ᾰ̓́ργεος / Ᾰ̓́ργευς Árgeos / Árgeus
Dative	Ᾰ̓́ργει / Ᾰ̓́ργεῐ̈ Árgei / Árgeï
Accusative	Ᾰ̓́ργος Árgos
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́ργος Árgos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος tò Árgos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργεος / Ᾰ̓́ργευς toû Árgeos / Árgeus
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́ργει / Ᾰ̓́ργεῐ̈ tôi Árgei / Árgeï
Accusative	τὸ Ᾰ̓́ργος tò Árgos
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́ργος Árgos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ἀργεία (Argeía)
• Ἀργεῖος (Argeîos)
• Ἀργόθεν (Argóthen)
• Ἀργολίς (Argolís)
• Ἀργολιστί (Argolistí)
• Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs) (possibly)

Descendants

• Greek: Άργος (Árgos)
• → Latin: Argos

References

1. Gamkrelidze, Th. V.; Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 802–803

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Ἄργος • (Árgos) m (genitive Ἄργου); second declension

1. Argus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́ργος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́ργος ho Árgos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ργου toû Árgou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́ργῳ tôi Árgōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́ργον tòn Árgon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́ργε Árge
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άργος (Árgos)
• → Latin: Argus

Further reading

• “Ἄργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἄργος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἄργος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• “Ἄργος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Ἄργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002