arete
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Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).
Pronunciation
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.
- Synonym: based
- 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.
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Etymology 2
Noun
arete (plural aretes)
- Alternative spelling of arête
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Verb
ārēte
Etymology
Inherited from Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arete m (plural areți)
Declension
See also
Further reading
- arete in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
arete m (plural aretes)
- (Latin America, Philippines) earring
- Synonym: pendiente
Derived terms
Further reading
- “arete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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