# argus
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* argus pheasant
* blue argus (Junonia orithya)
* brown argus (Aricia agestis)
* chocolate argus (Junonia iphita)
* meadow argus (Junonia villida)
* northern brown argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
* Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops)

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Latin
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* Argus (alternative case form)

#### Adjective

argus (feminine arga, neuter argum); first/second-declension adjective
* of Argos, Argive

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

argus m (genitive argī); second declension
* (New Latin) a taxonomic epithet for an organism having many markings that look like eyes

##### Usage notes

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

##### Declension

Second-declension noun.

### References

* 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

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* arkus

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ख़रगोश (xargoś) or Urdu خرگوش.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arɡus/
* Rhymes: -ɡus, -us

### Noun

argus (Jawi spelling ارݢوس, plural argus-argus, informal 1st possessive argusku, 2nd possessive argusmu, 3rd possessive argusnya)
* (especially Kedah and Penang) A guinea pig.
    Synonyms: tikus belanda, marmut

### References

* ↑ BAKER, J. A. (1939). NOTES ON THE MEANING OF SOME MALAY WORDS. PART III. (KEDAH WORDS). Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 17(1 (133)), 109. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41559936

### Further reading

* “argus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈar.ɡus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arɡus
* Syllabification: ar‧gus
* Homophone: Argus

### Noun

argus m pers
* (literary) argus (a watchful guardian)

#### Declension
### Noun

argus m animal
* great argus (Argusianus argus)

#### Derived terms

* argusowy
* argusowe oko

#### Related terms

* Argus

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French argus.

### Noun

argus m (plural arguși)
* argus