argive

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos

   BroaderGreek

1. 1.

   of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people

Other forms of argive

plural

argives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about argive

What does argive mean?

argive means "a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in argive?

argive has 2 syllables: ar-give. The stress falls on "ar".

Is argive a common word?

argive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.