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Argive, a. and n.|ˈɑːgaɪv|
[ad. L. Argīvus (Gr. ἀργεῖος) pertaining to Argos.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the ancient city of Argos or the territory of Argolis. Hence used in Homer and later classical writers as = Grecian, Greek.
1598Chapman Iliad i. Argt., Apollos Priest to th' Argiue Fleete doth bring Gifts for his daughter. Ibid. 2 Till in my Royall Argiue court, her bewties strow my bed. 1676Hobbes Iliad i. 1 The two Atrides..Who of the Argive Army were the best. 1858Birch Anc. Pottery II. 107 The Lacedæmonian, Teian, Chian, and Argive cups were also esteemed. 1875Morris æneids ii. 254 And now the Argive host comes forth. 1925G. Murray Eumenides 15 Myself, mine Argive people, and my home Shall without war be hers.
B. n. A native of Argos or of Argolis; gen. a Greek.
c1530T. Elyot tr. Plutarch's Educ. Children sig. Ev, Polynyces the yonger brother, hauynge in his ayde the Argyues. 1579S. Gosson School of Abuse fol. 7v, The Lacedæmonians instructed by Tyrtæus verse, The Argiues by the melody of Telefilla. 1676Hobbes Iliad xvii. 267 Just so Patroclus body tugged they, Trojans to Troy, and Argives to the Fleet. 1716Pope Iliad viii. 436 Long since had Hector stain'd these Fields with Gore, Stretch'd by some Argive on his native Shore. 1875Morris æneids i. 40 And Pallas, might not she Burn up the Argive fleet and sink the Argives in the sea..? 1922Foakes-Jackson & Lake Beginnings Chr. II. 12 The ivory or other material..supplied by the Elians, Athenians, or Argives. |