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|lshtext=<b>Argēi</b>: ōrum, m.<br /><b>I</b> A [[part]] of the [[city]] of [[Rome]]: Argeorum sacraria in [[septem]] et XX. partes urbis sunt disposita, Varr. L. L. 5, § 45 sq.: Argea loca Romae appellantur, [[quod]] in his sepulti essent [[quidam]] Argivorum illustres viri, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll. (v. Müll. ad h. l.): [[multa]] [[alia]] sacrificia locaque sacris faciendis, quae Argeos pontifices vocant, ([[Numa]]) dedicavit, Liv. 1, 21; Ov. F. 3, 791.—<br /><b>II</b> Figures of men (twentythree in [[number]]) made of rushes, [[which]] were [[annually]], on the Ides of May, thrown [[into]] the [[Tiber]] from the [[Pons]] Sublicius. Acc. to the [[belief]] of the ancients, it [[was]] [[necessary]] [[that]] these figures should [[take]] the [[place]] of the earlier [[human]] sacrifices, Varr. L. L. 7, § 44 Müll.; Ov. F. 5, 621 sq.: Argeos vocabant scirpeas [[effigies]], quae per virgines Vestales annis singulis jaciebantur in Tiberim, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. v. sexagenarios, p. 334 ib.; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 43 ib. (Ann. v. 124 ib.).
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|gf=<b>Argēī</b>,¹⁵ ōrum, m., endroits de Rome destinés à certains sacrifices : [[Varro]] L. 5, 45 ; Liv. 1, 21, 5 ; Ov. F. 3, 791 &#124;&#124; mannequins en jonc que les prêtres jetaient tous les ans, aux ides de mai, dans le Tibre du [[haut]] du pont Sublicius [image des anciens sacrifices humains] : [[Varro]] L. 7, 44 ; Ov. F. 5, 621.||mannequins en jonc que les prêtres jetaient tous les ans, aux ides de mai, dans le Tibre du [[haut]] du pont Sublicius [image des anciens sacrifices humains] : [[Varro]] L. 7, 44 ; Ov. F. 5, 621.
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