1. ἀρετή · aretē — Beekes
excellence
The corpus record
ἀρετή
arete
excellence
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Meno 119 · 121.59/10k
- Virtues and Vices 15 · 101.15/10k
- Funeral Oration 34 · 83.66/10k
- Eudemian Ethics 128 · 49.05/10k
- The Funeral Speech 51-61 12 · 47.81/10k
- Nicomachean Ethics 269 · 47.77/10k
- Cleitophon 6 · 38.76/10k
- Letter 7 3 · 38.51/10k
- Nicocles or the Cyprians 14 · 37.49/10k
- To Demonicus 10 · 34.58/10k
- Menexenus 16 · 33.29/10k
- Protagoras 58 · 32.64/10k
Densest 12 of 127 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἀρετή · aretē — Chantraine
Î
3. ἀρετὴ · aretē — Frisk
Tüchtigkeit, Stärke usw.
4. ἀρετή · aretē — Frisk
Zur Bed
5. ἀρετή · aretē — LSJ
goodness, excellence
Attestations
- ἀρετὴν · aretēn Iliad 8.535
- ἀρετὴ · aretē Iliad 9.498
- ἀρετῇ · aretēi Iliad 11.90
- ἀρετῆς · aretēs Iliad 11.763
- ἀρετὴ · aretē Iliad 13.237
- ἀρετὴν · aretēn Iliad 13.275
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 175-176; entry #670 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 121; entry #737 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2163; entry #6497 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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