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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.re.tǎː/ → /a.reˈta/ → /a.reˈta/
Noun
ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ • (aretā́)
- nominative/accusative/vocative dual of ᾰ̓ρετή (aretḗ)
Noun
ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ • (aretā́) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρετᾶς); first declension
- Doric form of ᾰ̓ρετή (aretḗ)
522 BCE – 443 BCE,
Pindar,
Nemean Ode 8.40:
- Αὔξεται δ’ ἀρετά, χλωραῖς ἐέρσαις ὡς ὅτε δένδρεον ᾄσσει.
- Aúxetai d’ aretá, khlōraîs eérsais hōs hóte déndreon ā́issei.
- Excellence grows, as when a tree shoots up fed by fresh dew
Declension