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ἀρετή (root ἀρ, cf. ἀρείων,
ἄριστος): subst. (answering to the adj. ἀγαθός), excellence (of
whatever sort), merit;
ἐκ πατρὸς πολὺ χείρονος υἱὸς
ἀμείνων | παντοία_ς
ἀρετα?ς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι, all kinds of
‘prowess,’ Il.
15.642, cf. Il. 22.268;
intellectual, ἐμῇ ἀρετῇ (βουλῇ τε νόῳ τε) | ἐκφύγομεν, Od.
12.212; of a woman, ἐμὴν
ἀρετὴν (εἶδος τε δέμας τε)
| ὤλεσαν α?θάνατοι, my
‘attractions’ (said by Penelope), Od. 18.251
; τῆς ἀρετῆς (Od. 2.206) includes more. The signif. well-being,
prosperity (Il. 20.242,
Od. 13.45) answers to εὖ rather than to ἀγαθός.