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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀργολίς (Argolís).
Proper noun
Argolis
- A regional unit in eastern Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Nafplio. Its original capital was at Argos.
- Synonyms: Argolid, Argolida
Translations
regional unit of Greece
— see Argolid
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀργολίς (Argolís).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Argolis f sg (genitive Argolidis); third declension
- An ancient region in Greece
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Argolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Argos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Argolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly