ἀρετή
See also: Ἀρετή and αρετή
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 24 June 2024
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂rh₁téh₂, from *h₂erh₁-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.re.tɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.reˈte̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.reˈti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.reˈti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.reˈti/
Noun
ᾰ̓ρετή • (ăretḗ) 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
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ρετή hē ăretḗ |
τὼ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ tṑ ăretā́ |
αἱ ᾰ̓ρεταί hai ăretaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ρετῆς tês ăretês |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ρεταῖν toîn ăretaîn |
τῶν ᾰ̓ρετῶν tôn ăretôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ρετῇ tēî ăretēî |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ρεταῖν toîn ăretaîn |
ταῖς ᾰ̓ρεταῖς taîs ăretaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ρετήν tḕn ăretḗn |
τὼ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ tṑ ăretā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ς tā̀s ăretā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ρετή ăretḗ |
ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ ăretā́ |
ᾰ̓ρεταί ăretaí | ||||||||||
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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 (2006–2025)
- 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.