I.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, adj., 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.
Argŏnautae , ārum, m., = Ἀργοναῦται (the sailors of the Argo),
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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