Ancient Greek

Noun

ἀρετή • ‎(aretḗ) f ‎(genitive ἀρετῆς); first declension

1. goodness, excellence
2. manliness, prowess, rank, valour
3. virtue
4. character, reputation, glory, fame, dignity, distinction
5. miracle, wonder
6. (as a title) "your worship"
7. plaster

Inflection

Descendants

• English: arete
• Greek: αρετή ‎(aretí)

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 (© 2006–2016)
• “G703”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• 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 973.