arete

See also: areté, aretê, and arête

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæɹɪtiː/

Noun

arete (uncountable)

  1. (Classical 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.
  2. (Classical philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.
Translations

Noun

arete (plural aretes)

  1. Alternative spelling of arête

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

ārēte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of āreō

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).

Noun

arete m (plural areți)

  1. ram (male sheep)

Declension
declension of arete
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) arete aretele (niște) areți areții
genitive/dative (unui) arete aretelui (unor) areți areților
vocative arete areților

Synonyms

See also

Spanish

Noun

arete m (plural aretes)

  1. (Latin America) earring
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