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On 2001-11-28 08:50, ToSeek wrote:
You're right about the ship, but the ancient Greek for "fast" is "tachy" or "tachys" (whence derives "tachyon," meaning a particle that moves faster than light).
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On 2001-11-28 09:49, GrapesOfWrath wrote:
There's no question that Argos was the ship name, but http://www.dictionary.com lists the etymology of argon as from the Greek neuter of argos, meaning idle, or inert.
Seems to be some contradiction there.
Maybe ol' Jason named his ship in the manner of the "Ketch Some Zs" and "Lazy Daze" that I see in the slips.
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In fact it seems that I was betrayed by my dictionary ("Encyclopedic Dictionary of Astronomy and Astronautics" - Author: Ronaldo Rogério F. Mourão - Nova Fronteira Publishers - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil -1995 - 2nd Portuguese language edition).
As ToSeek pointed out, the Greek for fast is "Tachys", and I didn't take a time to check it. Shame on me! However, a renowned astronomer as Professor Mourão - Head of the Brazilian National Observatory - wouldn't commit such a blunder in his dictionary (or would he?), what leads me to guess (only guess) that the property "fast" of the ship Argo, built and named by Argus, under orders of Pelias and the blessings of Athena, was incorporated later in Greek language, turning "Argo" into another adjective, another word for "fast" (here I feel the terrain getting slippery under my feet).
As I'm not a specialist in ancient Greek, I'm waiting for the help of someone who could clarify this matter for us.
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