argus

Special use of Argus, a many-eyed mythological figure.

argus (plural arguses)

1. A watchful guardian.
2. An alert, observant person. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Either of two species of pheasant of Southeast Asia having large ocellated tails.
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, such as those of the genus Junonia, also called pansies.

• Guras, Sugar, gaurs, guars, ragus, ragùs, sugar

• Argus (alternative case form)

argus (feminine arga, neuter argum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of Argos, Argive

From Argus Panoptes, a many-eyed giant sent by Hera to guard Io.

argus m (genitive argī); second declension

1. (New Latin) a taxonomic epithet for an organism having many markings that look like eyes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Second-declension noun.

• argus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “argus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “argus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “argus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡus/

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• Rhymes: -arɡus
• Syllabification: ar‧gus
• Homophone: Argus

argus m pers

1. (literary) argus (a watchful guardian)

argus m anim

1. great argus (Argusianus argus)

• argus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• argus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French argus.

argus m (plural arguși)

1. argus