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aretes

aretes is the plural of arete.

Meaning of arete

Noun

arete (uncountable)

  1. excellence, goodness; virtue.
    • All arete is included in justice, Cyrnus.1962, Lionel Ignacius Cusack Pearson, Popular Ethics in Ancient Greece, page 78 (translating a line from an old text)
  2. The proper state or condition for a human.

Questions about aretes

What is aretes the plural of?
Aretes is the plural of arete.

Words near aretes in the dictionary

  1. aretecracy
  2. aretecrat
  3. aretecratic
  4. aretegenic
  5. areteology
  6. aretes
  7. arethusa
  8. arethusas
  9. Arethuse
  10. Aretine
  11. Aretines

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