Är'gīve, a.

(är/jīv), a. [Lat. Argivus, from Argos, Argi.] Pertaining to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece, or to its inhabitants.

☞ The Argive tribe, during the Trojan war, was the most powerful of any in Greece; and hence Argive is often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.