Argous Portus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Portus Argōus === Etymology === Named for the circumstance that the Argonauts were believed to have touched there on their return voyage, while sailing in quest of Circe. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈɡoː.ʊs ˈpɔr.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈɡɔː.us ˈpɔr.tus] === Proper noun === Argōus Portus m sg (genitive Argōī Portūs); variously declined, second declension, fourth declension a harbour on the northern coast of Elba, now Portoferraio ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun with a fourth-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “ARGO´US PORTUS”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly