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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

  • παρακληθέντεσ δὲ τοῖσ Ἰούδα λόγοισ πάνυ καλοῖσ καὶ δυναμένοισ ἐπ̓ ἀρετὴν παρορμῆσαι καὶ ψυχὰσ νέων ἐπανορθῶσαι, διέγνωσαν μὴ στρατοπεδεύεσθαι, γενναίωσ δὲ ἐμφέρεσθαι καὶ μετὰ πάσησ εὐανδρίασ ἐμπλακέντεσ κρῖναι τὰ πράγματα, διὰ τὸ καὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὰ ἅγια καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κινδυνεύειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:17)
  • καὶ αὐτὸσ λήψεται ἀρετὴν καὶ καθιεῖται καὶ κατάρξει ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσται ἱερεὺσ ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ βουλὴ εἰρηνικὴ ἔσται ἀναμέσον ἀμφοτέρων. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 6:13)
  • ὁ γὰρ νόμοσ καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ γονεῖσ εὐνοίασ κρατεῖ μὴ καταπροδιδοὺσ τὴν ἀρετὴν δι’ αὐτοὺς (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:10)
  • καὶ πεπιστευκὼσ Θεῷ καὶ εἰδὼσ ὅτι τὸ διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν πάντα πόνον ὑπομένειν μακάριόν ἐστιν, οὐκ ἂν περικρατήσειεν τῶν παθῶν διὰ τὴν θεοσέβειαν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:22)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ταῖσ διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἡδοναῖσ τὸν πόνον ἐπικουφίζομαι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:31)

Synonyms

  1. virtue

  2. miracle

  3. "your worship"

  4. plaster

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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