argive
/ˈɑɹɡaɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from or pertaining to Argos.
adj
Greek.
noun
An inhabitant of Argos.
Example Sentences
- "[…] And many an old philosophy On Argive heights divinely sang, And round us all the thicket rang To many a flute of Arcady."
- "The Greeks generally think that this fate came upon him because he induced the Pythoness to pronounce against Demaratus; the Athenians differ from all others in saying that it was because he cut down the sacred grove of the goddesses when he made his invasion by Eleusis; while the Argives ascribe it to his having taken from their refuge and cut to pieces certain argives who had fled from battle into a precinct sacred to Argus, where Cleomenes slew them, burning likewise at the same time, through irreverence, the grove itself."
Etymology
From Latin Argīvus, from Ancient Greek Ἀργεῖος (Argeîos).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑɹɡaɪv/
- British English: /ˈɑːɡaɪv/