proper noun
Arganthōnĭus
Meaning
- a Tartessian king who lived to a great age
Arganthōnĭus, ii, m., = Ἀργανθώνιος,
I. a Tartessian king who lived to a great age, Cic. Sen. 19, 69; Val. Max. 8, 13, ext. 4 (cf. Herod. 1, 163); Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154; Censor. 17.—Hence, Arganthōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Arganthonius, Sil. 3, 396.
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyArganthoniusArganthonius (Ἀργανθώνιος, Ἀργανθών, Steph. s. v. Ἀργανθών: Adj. Ἀργανθώνειος), a mountain range in Bithynia, which forms a peninsula, and divides the…Biography & mythologyArganthoniusArganthonius (Ἀργανθώνιος), king of Tartessus in Spain, in the sixth century B. C., received in the most friendly manner the Phocaeans who sailed to h…