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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂rh₁téh₂, from *h₂erh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.re.tɛ̌ː/ → /a.reˈti/ → /a.reˈti/
Noun
ᾰ̓ρετή • (aretḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρετῆς); first declension
- goodness, excellence
- manliness, prowess, rank, valour
- virtue
- character, reputation, glory, fame, dignity, distinction
- miracle, wonder
- (as a title) "your worship"
- plaster
Declension
Descendants
References
- “ἀρετή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀρετή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀρετή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀρετή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἀρετή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀρετή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G703 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- boldness idem, page 88.
- bravery idem, page 94.
- courage idem, page 178.
- excellence idem, page 288.
- fortitude idem, page 340.
- gallantry idem, page 352.
- goodness idem, page 367.
- heroism idem, page 398.
- merit idem, page 526.
- valour idem, page 943.
- virtue idem, page 954.
- well-doing idem, page 974.