Proper name: ARGEIPHONTES (Ἀργειφόντης), a surname of Hermes, by which he is designated as the murderer of Argus Panoptes. (Hom. Il. ii 103, and numerous other passages in the Greek and Latin poets.) (Wikisource | public domain)

ου, ὁ, voc. -φόντα h.Hom. 29.7, Orph. H. 28.3, Luc. Tim. 32; (< Ἄργος, Φόνος): — slayer of Argus, epith. of Hermes, Od. 1.38, al., Hes. Op. 77, etc. ; variously expld. by Gramm., cf. Corn. ND 16. acc. to Paus.Gr. Fr. 65, from ἀργῆς, serpent-slayer, i.e. Apollo, S. Fr. 1024, cf. Sch. A. Pr. 569; of Telephus, Parth. Fr. 33.