arete
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀρετή.
Noun [edit]
arete (uncountable)
- 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):
Related terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Variant of arête, which is from French.
Noun [edit]
arete (plural aretes)
- Alternative spelling of arête.
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
ārēte
- second-person plural present active imperative of āreō
Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin aries, arietem.
Noun [edit]
- ram (male sheep)
Synonyms [edit]
See also [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
arete m (plural aretes)
- (Latin America) earring
