Argive

[ ahr-jahyv, -gahyv ]

/ ˈɑr dʒaɪv, -gaɪv /

adjective

of or relating to Argos.

Greek.

noun

a native of Argos.

a Greek.

Origin of Argive

1590–1600; < Latin Argīvus < Greek Argeîos of Argos

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Examples from the Web for argive

Cleobis and Biton are the first they mention, sons of the Argive priestess; the story is a well-known one.
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations|Marcus Tullius Cicero
The reader will remember that Danaus and gyptus were brothers, and descendants of Argive Io.
Ancient Society|Lewis Henry Morgan
This would agree with the longer form of the Argive genealogy; several of the names however are generally regarded as suspicious.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
Eteocles then usurped the rule while Polyneices called an Argive host to attack Thebes.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb

Really of pre-Hellenic date, the place claimed to be an Argive colony.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for argive

Argive

/ (ˈɑːdʒaɪv, -ɡaɪv) /

adjective

(in Homer, Virgil, etc) of or relating to the Greeks besieging Troy, esp those from Argos

of or relating to Argos or Argolis

a literary word for Greek

noun

an ancient Greek, esp one from Argos or Argolis

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Word Origin and History for argive

Argive

adj.

"of Argos," hence, especially in Homeric usage, "the Greeks," as a byword for Achaean (he describes Agamemnon as king of Argos), 1520s, from Latin Argivus, from Greek Argeios "of Argos."