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Definition of Argive
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of the city of Argos.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people.
Definition of Argive
1. a. Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.
Definition of Argive
1. Adjective. Pertaining to Argos; (loosely) Greek. ¹
2. Proper noun. An inhabitant of Argos. ¹
3. Proper noun. (poetic) In the Homeric ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'', and in later classical epics, an alternate name for an Achaean or Greek in general. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Argive
1. Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece. A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek. Origin: L. Argivus, fr. Argos, Argi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argive
Literary usage of Argive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and banish sleep, Lest we should fall, a mockery to our foes." He spoke, and
cross'd the trench, and with him went Who of the argive chieftains had ..."
2. Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age by William Ewart Gladstone (1858)
"But though it be figurative, the figure is evidently founded on her close and
intimate relation, not to the Greeks at large only, but to the argive name; ..."
3. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1896)
"We can gather from the epigram of Parmenion—what would really go without saying—that
the main part of the body was covered with drapery. ' The argive ..."
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