Argiveadj.n.
/ˈɑːɡʌɪv/, /ˈɑːdʒʌɪv/, U.S. /ˈɑrˌɡaɪv/ 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.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [adjective]
Locrian1559
Achaean1567
Argive1598
Attic1599
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [adjective] > regions of Greece
Macedonc1450
Olympian1523
Ionian?1556
Macedonian1556
Achaean1567
Peloponnesian1569
Molossian1587
Thessalian1594
Thracian1594
Olympic1597
Argive1598
Attic1599
isthmian1603
Pharsalian1605
Aonian1607
Attical1610
Phocian1614
Messenianc1615
Marathonian1623
Bœotic1851
Athoan1869
Thraco-Illyrian1931
Athonite1963
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Greece > ancient cities
Thebanc1374
Pylian1590
Argive1598
Mantinean1598
Mytilenean1724
Tegean1767
Mycenaean1842
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. Argt. Apollos Priest to th' Argiue Fleete doth bring Gifts for his daughter.
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 2 Till in my Royall Argiue court, her bewties strow my bed.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 1 The two Atrides..Who of the Argive Army were the best.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 675 Next move to War the gen'rous Argive Train.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad vii. 259 Thro' ev'ry Argive Heart new Transport ran.
1858 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery II. 107 The Lacedæmonian, Teian, Chian, and Argive cups were also esteemed.
1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids ii. 254 And now the Argive host comes forth.
1925 G. Murray tr. Aeschylus 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.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece
Greekc893
Gregois13..
Griffon13..
Grewa1375
Hellene1482
Grecana1500
Argive?1532
Greciana1549
Hellenist1606
Greeklinga1637
Graecaster1716
Helladian1773
bubble and squeak1938
bubble1962
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [noun] > native or inhabitant of states, regions, or cities
Thebienc1374
Spartiatec1384
myrmidonc1425
Spartanc1425
Phocianc1487
Argive?1532
Locrian1536
Locrensian1542
Achaean1550
Mantinean1550
Mytilenean1550
Tegeate1584
Pylian1585
Epidaurian?1589
Thessalian1608
Olympian1609
Sicyonian1642
Samothracian1653
Dorian1662
Attic1699
Tegean1709
?1532 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children (new ed.) x. sig. Ev Polynyces the yonger brother, hauynge in his ayde the Argyues.
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 7v The Lacedæmonians instructed by Tyrtæus verse, The Argiues by the melody of Telesilla.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xvii. 267 Just so Patroclus body tugged they, Trojans to Troy, and Argives to the Fleet.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. viii. 436 Long since had Hector stain'd these Fields with Gore, Stretch'd by some Argive on his native Shore.
1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids i. 40 And Pallas, might not she Burn up the Argive fleet and sink the Argives in the sea..?
1922 F. J. Foakes-Jackson & K. Lake Beginnings Christianity II. 12 The ivory or other material..supplied by the Elians, Athenians, or Argives.
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