Ἀρήτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀράομαι (aráomai), thus ‘she who is prayed for’.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.rɛ̌ː.tɛː/ → /aˈri.ti/ → /aˈri.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.rɛ̌ː.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈre̝.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈri.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈri.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈri.ti/

Proper noun

Ᾱ̓ρήτη • (Ārḗtē) f (genitive Ᾱ̓ρήτης); first declension

1. Queen Arete, wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa.

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ᾱ̓ρήτη; τῆς Ᾱ̓ρήτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾱ̓ρήτη hē Ārḗtē
Genitive	τῆς Ᾱ̓ρήτης tês Ārḗtēs
Dative	τῇ Ᾱ̓ρήτῃ têi Ārḗtēi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾱ̓ρήτην tḕn Ārḗtēn
Vocative	Ᾱ̓ρήτη Ārḗtē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Ἀρήτη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀρήτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀρήτη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀρήτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press