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ἀρετή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρετή ἀρετῆς

Structure: ἀρετ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: A)/rhs

Sense

  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

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἰ δικαιοσύνην ἀγαπᾷ τισ, οἱ πόνοι ταύτησ εἰσὶν ἀρεταί. σωφροσύνην γὰρ καὶ φρόνησιν ἐκδιδάσκει, δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀνδρείαν, ὧν χρησιμώτερον οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν βίῳ ἀνθρώποισ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 8:7)
  • καὶ τῶν μὲν καλῶν ἡγοῦνται αἱ ἀρεταί, τῶν δ’ αἰσχρῶν αἱ κακίαι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 2:2)
  • μετὰ ταῦτα αἱ τὸ μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν ἐκφαίνουσαι τῆσ κατασκευῆσ ἀρεταί· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 18:4)
  • ἕπονται ταύταισ αἱ τὴν ἰσχὺν καὶ τὸν τόνον καὶ τὰσ ὁμοιοτρόπουσ δυνάμεισ τῆσ φράσεωσ ἀρεταὶ περιέχουσαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 18:6)
  • κάλλη τοσαῦτα καὶ πολυειδέσ τι ἐκ πολλῶν ἀποτελεῖν αὐτὸ αὑτῷ ἀνθαμιλλώμενον ‐ ἀλλ’ αἱ πᾶσαι τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἀρεταὶ καθ’ ἑκάστην εἰκὼν μία γεγράψεται πρὸσ τὸ ἀρχέτυπον μεμιμημένη. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 15:6)

Synonyms

  1. virtue

  2. miracle

  3. "your worship"

  4. plaster

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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