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|lshtext=<b>Argŏnautae</b>: ārum, m., = [[Ἀργοναῦται]]> (the sailors of the [[Argo]]),<br /><b>I</b> 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.
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