Argive

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adjective

Of, from or pertaining to Argos.

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Meanings

adjectiveArgive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAncient GreeceOf, from or pertaining to Argos.
  2. broadlynot comparableAncient GreeceGreek.

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

    1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 40
nounArgive (plural Argives)

plural Argives

  1. Ancient GreeceAn inhabitant of Argos.
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    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.

    1942, “Erato”, in George Rawlinson, transl., The Persian Wars, translation of original by Herodotus

    Synonyms: Argot

  2. poeticAncient GreeceIn the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, and in later classical epics, an alternate name for an Achaean, or Greek in general.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn inhabitant of Argos.

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Origin

  1. Ancient GreekἈργεῖος
  2. LatinArgīvus
  3. EnglishArgive

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

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Translations

French Argive, Argien
  • Argiveperson from Argos
  • Argienperson from Argos
  • Argienneperson from Argos
Greek αργείτικος, αργίτικος
  • αργείτικος (argeítikos)of, from or pertaining to Argos
  • αργίτικος (argítikos)of, from or pertaining to Argos
  • αργείος (argeíos)of, from or pertaining to Argos
  • αργίτης (argítis)of, from or pertaining to Argos
  • Αργείος (Argeíos)person from Argos
  • Αργείτης (Argeítis)person from Argos
  • Αργίτης (Argítis)person from Argos
Polish argiwski, Argiw
  • argiwskiof, from or pertaining to Argos
  • Argiwperson from Argos
  • Argiwkaperson from Argos
Portuguese argivo, argivo
  • argivoof, from or pertaining to Argos
  • argivoperson from Argos

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APA

Argive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Argive

MLA

“Argive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Argive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Argive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Argive.

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