Argive

& s. [Lat. Argivus; Gr. ̓Αργεῖος ( Argeios )] A. As adjective : Pertaining or relating to Argos, the capital of Argolis, in the Peloponnesus; or to the Greeks generally. "I see thee trembling, weeping, captive led, In Argive looms our battles to design." Pope: Homer's Iliad , book vi., 580. B. As substantive : A native of Argos; hence, a Greek in general. "Lest any Argive at this hour awake." Pope : Homer's Iliad , bk. xxiv., 818. Ar-gō, s. [Lat. Argo ; Gr. ̓Αργώ ( Argō ); from ἀργός ( argos ) = swift.] 1. The ship, fabled by the poets to be the first ve el ever made, in which Jason and his crew sailed to Colchis in quest of the "golden fleece." 2. The constellation Argo Navis (q.v.). Argo Navis. [Lat = the ship Argo. In Sp. Argonave.] Astron. A very extensive southern constellation introduced by the ancients. Its inconvement extent has led Sir John Herschel to subdivide it into four parts, by which alteration the stars are more readily referred to. These subdivisions are Carina, Puppis, Vela, and Malus. Its principal star is Canopus (q.v.).