Argŏs, n. (only nom. and acc.), more freq. in the plur. Argi, ōrum, m. (Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.: Graecanice hoc Argos, cum Latine Argei; cf. Prob. p. 1447 P.; Phocae Ars, p. 1707 P.), = Ἄργος.
I.A Argos , the capital of Argolis , in the Peloponnesus , sacred to Juno , also called Argos Hippium and Argos Dipsium or Inachium, Plin. 4, 5, 9, 17f.; 7, 56, 57, 195; cf. Mann. Gr. p. 641 sq.: quaerit Argos Amymonen, Ov. M. 2, 240; so id. ib. 6, 414; Hor. C. 1, 7, 9: securum per Argos, Ov. H. 14, 34; so Luc. 10, 60: patriis ab Argis Pellor, Ov. M. 14, 476; 15, 164; Verg. A. 7, 286; Hor. S. 2, 3, 132; id. Ep. 2, 2, 128; id. A. P. 118; Liv. 34, 25 et saep.—The acc. Argos, occurring in the histt., is best considered as plur., since the sing. seems rather to belong to the poets and geographers (e. g. Plin. above cited); cf. Daehne and Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 1.—
B Poet., Argos is sometimes put for the whole of Greece , Luc. 10, 60.—Hence,
II Derivv., the adjj. ,
A.1 Argīvus , a, um (i. e. ArgiFus from ArgeiFos, like Achivus from Ἀχαιός), of Argos , Argive , Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 53: Argivus orator, Cic. Brut. 13, 50: augur, i.e. Amphiaraus , Hor. C. 3, 16, 12 — An epithet of Juno (as in the Iliad Ἀργεία is an appel. of Here) as tutelary goddess of Argos , Verg. A. 3, 547.—
2 Poet. for Greek or Grecian in gen.: castra, Verg. A. 11, 243: phalanx, id. ib. 2, 254: ensis, id. ib. 2, 393: Thalia, Hor. C. 4, 6, 25 (cf. id. ib. 2, 16, 38: Graja Camena).—And so Argivi for the Greeks : classis Argivūm, Verg. A. 1, 40; 5, 672; Hor. C. 3, 3, 67; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 4.—
B Without digamma, Argēus ( Argī- ), a, um, Argive or Grecian : Argia sacerdos, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (B. and K., Argiva ): Tibur Argeo positum colono (cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 670), Hor. C. 2, 6, 5 K. and H.; so, Tibur Argeum, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 46 Merk. —
C Argŏlis , ĭdis, f., = Ἀργολίς.
1 Argive : Alcmene, Ov. M. 9, 276: puppis, id. R. Am. 735.—
2 Subst. (sc. terra), the province of Argolis , in Peloponnesus , Plin. 4 prooem.; Mel. 2, 3.
X —Hence, Argŏlĭ-cus , a, um, adj., = Ἀργολικός, Argolic : sinus, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17: mare, Verg. A. 5, 52: urbes, id. ib. 3, 283: leo, the Nemean lion , Sen. Herc. Oet. 1932 al.—Also Grecian in gen.: duces, the Grecian leaders in the Trojan war , Ov. M. 12, 627: classis, id. ib. 13, 659 al.—*
D Argus , a, um, adj., Argive : Argus pro Argivus, Plaut. Am. (prol. 98): Amphitruo natus Argis ex Argo patre, Non. p. 487, 31. (So the much-contested passage seems to be better explained than when, with Gronov. Observv. 4, 298, Argo is considered as abl. from Argos, begotten of a father from Argos , to which Argis in the plur. does not correspond.)