ἀρετή

• ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ (ăretā́) — Doric

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂rh₁téh₂, from *h₂erh₁-.

ᾰ̓ρετή • (ăretḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρετῆς); first declension

1. goodness, excellence
2. manliness, prowess, rank, valour
3. (not countable): virtue
4. (countable): a virtue, the virtues
5. character, reputation, glory, fame, dignity, distinction
6. miracle, wonder
7. (as a title) "your worship"
8. plaster

• → Coptic: ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲏ (aretē)
• → English: arete
• Greek: αρετή (aretí)

• “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.
  • 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.