arete
English
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæɹɪtiː/
Noun
arete (uncountable)
- (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.
- 1962, Lionel Ignacius Cusack Pearson, Popular Ethics in Ancient Greece, page 78 (translating a line from an old text):
- (philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.
Related terms
Translations
Latin
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈre.te/
Declension
Further reading
- arete in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾete/ [aˈɾe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: a‧re‧te
Derived terms
Further reading
- “arete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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