ἀρετάν (aretan)

ἀρετάν is an Ancient Greek form of ἀρετή, meaning “excellence, valour, virtue”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of ἀρετάω, “thrive, prosper; choose the path of valour”. It is the present active participle vocative singular masculine.

It can also be a form of Ἀρετή, “Arete — daughter of the elder Dionysius and Aristomache”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 67 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 6.1.14: … ιὸς περὶ αὐτῶν φησὶν οὕτως· ὦ στωικῶν μύθων εἰδήμονες, ὦ πανάριστα δόγματα ταῖς ἱεραῖς ἐνθέμενοι σελίσιν, τὰν ἀρετὰν ψυχᾶς ἀγαθὸν μόνον· ἅδε γὰρ ἀνδρῶν μούνα καὶ βιοτὰν ῥύσατο καὶ πόλιας. σαρκὸς δʼ ἡδυπάθημα, φίλον τέλος ἀνδρά …

Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 562: μέγα φέρουσʼ ἐς τὰν ἀρετάν·

Pindar, Olympian 1.13: Σικελίᾳ, δρέπων μὲν κορυφὰς ἀρετᾶν ἄπο πασᾶν,

All forms of ἀρετή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.