"ἀρετά" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀρετά in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.re.tǎː/, /a.reˈta/, /a.reˈta/, /a.re.tǎː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a.reˈta/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a.reˈta/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a.reˈta/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a.reˈta/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ [canonical], ăretā́ [romanization]
Head templates: {{grc-noun form|ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́}} ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ • (ăretā́)
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of ᾰ̓ρετή (ăretḗ) Tags: accusative, dual, form-of, nominative, vocative Form of: ᾰ̓ρετή (extra: ăretḗ)
    Sense id: en-ἀρετά-grc-noun-1sxMeik- Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 47 53

Noun

IPA: /a.re.tǎː/, /a.reˈta/, /a.reˈta/, /a.re.tǎː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a.reˈta/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a.reˈta/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a.reˈta/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a.reˈta/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́|ᾰ̓ρετᾶς|f|first}} ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ • (ăretā́) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρετᾶς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́|ᾰ̓ρετᾶς|dial=dor}} Forms: ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ [canonical], ăretā́ [romanization], ᾰ̓ρετᾶς [genitive], declension-1 [table-tags], ᾱ̔ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ [nominative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ [dual, nominative], ταὶ ᾰ̓ρεταί [nominative, plural], τᾶς ᾰ̓ρετᾶς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓ρεταῖν [dual, genitive], τᾶν ᾰ̓ρετᾶν [genitive, plural], τᾷ ᾰ̓ρετᾷ [dative, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓ρεταῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ᾰ̓ρεταῖς [dative, plural], τᾱ̀ν ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ν [accusative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓ρετᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓ρεταί [plural, vocative]
  1. Doric form of ᾰ̓ρετή (ăretḗ) Tags: Doric, alt-of Alternative form of: ᾰ̓ρετή (extra: ăretḗ)
    Sense id: en-ἀρετά-grc-noun-Hb0-LzFx Categories (other): Doric Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
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  "word": "ἀρετά"
}

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