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Argonautae

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(adjective) : Argŏnautae, ārum, m., = Ἀργοναῦται (the sailors of the Argo)
* The Argonauts, Val. Fl. 1, 353; Hyg. Fab. 14; Plin. 36, 15, 23, § 99: vehiculum Argonautarum,Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89: navis,id. de Or. 1, 38, 174: princeps,i. e. Jason,id. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 al.— Martial, in his Epigr. 3, 67, De pigris nautis, plays upon the word, deriving it from ἀργός, lazy, instead of Ἀργώ, making Argonautae = pigri nautae.—Hence, Argŏ-nautĭcus, a, um, , relating to the Argonauts, Argonautic.—Argŏnautĭca, ōrum, n., the title of a poem by Valerius Flaccus, which has for its subject the Argonautic expedition; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 100; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 312.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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