different between aretaic vs arete

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (aret?, “virtue or excellence”)

Adjective

aretaic (comparative more aretaic, superlative most aretaic)

1. (ethics) Of or pertaining to virtue or excellence.

Derived terms

• aretaics

Related terms

• arete

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (aret?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ??ti?/

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.

Related terms

• aretaic

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

arete (plural aretes)

1. Alternative spelling of arête

Anagrams

• areet, eater, ratee, teare

Latin

Verb

?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?re?

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

arete m (plural are?i)

1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Synonyms

• berbec

See also

• oaie
• miel

Spanish

Etymology

From aro +? -ete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??ete/, [a??e.t?e]

Noun

arete m (plural aretes)

1. (Latin America, Philippines) earring

   Synonym: pendiente

Derived terms

• aretito

Further reading

• “arete” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.