English

Noun

arete ‎(uncountable)

1. (Classical philosophy) Virtue, excellence.
   • 1962, Lionel Ignacius Cusack Pearson, Popular Ethics in Ancient Greece, page 78 (translating a line from an old text):

     All arete is included in justice, Cyrnus.

2. (Classical philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.

Related terms

• aretaic

Translations

Etymology 2

Variant of arête, which is from French.

Noun

arete ‎(plural aretes)

1. Alternative spelling of arête

Anagrams

• eater, teare

Latin

Verb

ārēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of āreō

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- ‎(“certain domestic animal”).

Noun

arete m ‎(plural areți)

1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Synonyms

• berbec

See also

• oaie
• miel

Spanish

Noun

arete m ‎(plural aretes)

1. (Latin America) earring