Argives is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Argives meaning
plural of Argive
Using Argives
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Argive
- In the example corpus, argives often appears in combinations such as: the argives, argives were.
Context around Argives
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Argives
- In this selection, "argives" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, took stand out and add context to how "argives" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the argives were sitting and period the argives took great. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "argives" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with argives
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Argives were initially reluctant to accept the challenge. (9 words)
Built in the late Doric period, the Argives took great pride in establishing their place amongst the other city states. (20 words)
The other common names are Danaans (Δαναοί) and Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) while Panhellenes (Πανέλληνες) and Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) both appear only once in the Iliad; See Iliad, II.2.530 for "Panhellenes" and Iliad II.2.653 for "Hellenes". (37 words)
Print. This incident is mentioned in the Odyssey : : What a thing was this, too, which that mighty man wrought and endured in the carven horse, wherein all we chiefs of the Argives were sitting, bearing to the Trojans death and fate! (41 words)
The other common names are Danaans (Δαναοί) and Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) while Panhellenes (Πανέλληνες) and Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) both appear only once in the Iliad; See Iliad, II.2.530 for "Panhellenes" and Iliad II.2.653 for "Hellenes". (37 words)
Built in the late Doric period, the Argives took great pride in establishing their place amongst the other city states. (20 words)
Print. This incident is mentioned in the Odyssey : : What a thing was this, too, which that mighty man wrought and endured in the carven horse, wherein all we chiefs of the Argives were sitting, bearing to the Trojans death and fate! (41 words)
Example sentences (4)
Built in the late Doric period, the Argives took great pride in establishing their place amongst the other city states.
Print. This incident is mentioned in the Odyssey : : What a thing was this, too, which that mighty man wrought and endured in the carven horse, wherein all we chiefs of the Argives were sitting, bearing to the Trojans death and fate!
The Argives were initially reluctant to accept the challenge.
The other common names are Danaans (Δαναοί) and Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) while Panhellenes (Πανέλληνες) and Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) both appear only once in the Iliad; See Iliad, II.2.530 for "Panhellenes" and Iliad II.2.653 for "Hellenes".
Common combinations with argives
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: