ἀρετά
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.re.tǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.rɛˈta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.reˈta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.reˈta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.reˈta/
Noun
ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ • (aretā́)
- inflection of ᾰ̓ρετή (aretḗ):
- nominative dual
- accusative dual
- vocative dual
Noun
ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ • (aretā́) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρετᾶς); first declension
- Doric form of ᾰ̓ρετή (aretḗ)
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 8.40:
- αὔξεται δ’ ἀρετά, χλωραῖς ἐέρσαις ὡς ὅτε δένδρεον ᾄσσει
- aúxetai d’ aretá, khlōraîs eérsais hōs hóte déndreon ā́issei
- Excellence grows, as when a tree shoots up fed by fresh dew
- αὔξεται δ’ ἀρετά, χλωραῖς ἐέρσαις ὡς ὅτε δένδρεον ᾄσσει
Declension
First declension of ᾱ̔ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́; τᾶς ᾰ̓ρετᾶς (Doric)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ᾱ̔ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ hā aretā́ | τὼ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ tṑ aretā́ | ταὶ ᾰ̓ρεταί taì aretaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τᾶς ᾰ̓ρετᾶς tâs aretâs | τοῖν ᾰ̓ρεταῖν toîn aretaîn | τᾶν ᾰ̓ρετᾶν tân aretân | ||||||||||
Dative | τᾷ ᾰ̓ρετᾷ tâi aretâi | τοῖν ᾰ̓ρεταῖν toîn aretaîn | ταῖς ᾰ̓ρεταῖς taîs aretaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τᾱ̀ν ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ν tā̀n aretā́n | τὼ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ tṑ aretā́ | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ς tā̀s aretā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ aretā́ | ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ aretā́ | ᾰ̓ρεταί aretaí | ||||||||||
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