αρετη | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Arete: excellence or virtue; the quality of being morally good and effectively capable—the highest potential of a person or thing. In older Greek usage it also connotes valor or prowess in action.

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Grammatical Analysis

"αρετη"

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: feminine

Declension: first declension (alpha-stem, Ionic/Attic type with η in the nominative singular)

Related Forms of ἀρετή

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἀρετή nominative, singular, feminine aretē nominative_or_vocative, singular, feminine αρετής genitive, singular, feminine αρετή nominative, singular, feminine

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