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|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ἡ,</b> <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">goodness, excellence</b>, of any kind, in Hom. esp. of <b class="b2">manly</b> qualities, ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων <span class="bibl">Il.20.411</span>; ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον <span class="bibl">15.642</span>; so of the gods, τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀ. τιμή τε βίη τε <span class="bibl">9.498</span>; also of women, <span class="bibl">Od.2.206</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. εἵνεκα</b> for <b class="b2">valour</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.92</span>: pl., <b class="b3">ἀ. ἀπεδείκνυντο</b> displayed <b class="b2">brave deeds</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.176</span>, <span class="bibl">9.40</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> later, of the gods, chiefly in pl., <b class="b2">glorious deeds, wonders, miracles</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1172, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.17</span>; ζῶσαι ἀ. <span class="title">IG</span>14.966, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>2.9</span>: also in sg., ὄψιν ἰδοῦσα ἀρετὴν τῆς θεοῦ <span class="title">IG</span>2.1426<b class="b2">b</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isyll. 62</span>, <span class="title">BSA</span>21.169,180. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">excellence</b>, ἡ ἀ. τελείωσίς τις <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Metaph.</span>1021b20</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1106a15</span>, etc.; of persons, ἄνδρα πὺξ ἀρετὰν εὑρόντα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.89</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>4.187</span>, <span class="bibl">B.9.13</span>, etc.; τὸ φρονεῖν ἀ. μεγίστη <span class="bibl">Heraclit. 112</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">forms of excellence</b>, μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἀ. <span class="bibl">B.13.8</span>, cf. Gorg. <span class="title">Fr.</span>8, etc.; δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>18a</span>; esp. <b class="b2">moral virtue</b>, <span class="bibl">Democr. 179</span>, <span class="bibl">263</span>, al., Gorg.<span class="title">Fr.</span>6; opp. <b class="b3">κακία</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.21</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>500d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 963a</span>, <span class="bibl">963c</span> sq., <span class="bibl">D.60.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1102a6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1295a37</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">good nature, kindness</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>163</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> of animals, things, as land, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.198</span>, <span class="bibl">7.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν ἀρετῇ κειμένη γῆ</b> <b class="b2">productive</b> land, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>5.165</span> (ii B. C.); ἵππου <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.88</span>; <b class="b3">κυνῶν, ἵππων</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>335b</span>; <b class="b3">σκεύους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">601d</span>; [<b class="b3">ἀστακοῦ</b>] <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>24</span>; ἀ. βίου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618c</span>; πολιτείας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>886b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">prosperity</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.45</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. εἴς τινα</b> <b class="b2">active merit, good service</b> done him, ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας <span class="bibl">Th.3.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.40</span>; ἀ. περί τινα <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>1.4.8</span>; ἀνταποδοῦναι ἀ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.19</span>; ἀρετὰς παρασχέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">D.19.312</span>; <b class="b3">ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα</b>, freq. in honorary Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>22.107.14, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">reward</b> of excellence, <b class="b2">distinction, fame</b>, πλούτῳ δ' ἀρετὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>313</span>, cf. Sapph.80, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.53</span>, al.; ἀθάνατος ἀ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1420</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>208d</span>; ἃ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν, ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Lycurg.49</span>; of God, δόξα καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>1.3</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">glories</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.2</span>, al.; πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span> 2.53</span>; γενναίων ἀ. πόνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>357</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.2.26</span>; προγόνων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618b</span>; in LXX freq. of the <b class="b2">praises</b> of God, <span class="bibl">Is.42.8</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">Ἀρετή</b> personified, <span class="bibl">Prodic.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>675</span>, <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span>, <span class="title">CIG</span>2786, <span class="title">SIG</span> 985.10, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἀ. σου</b> as a title, Your <b class="b2">worship</b>, PLips.13 ii 20, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">VI</span> an <b class="b2">engine of war</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.38.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">VII</span> a <b class="b2">plaster</b>, Androm. ap. Gal.13.531.</span> | |Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ἡ,</b> <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">goodness, excellence</b>, of any kind, in Hom. esp. of <b class="b2">manly</b> qualities, ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων <span class="bibl">Il.20.411</span>; ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον <span class="bibl">15.642</span>; so of the gods, τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀ. τιμή τε βίη τε <span class="bibl">9.498</span>; also of women, <span class="bibl">Od.2.206</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. εἵνεκα</b> for <b class="b2">valour</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.92</span>: pl., <b class="b3">ἀ. ἀπεδείκνυντο</b> displayed <b class="b2">brave deeds</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.176</span>, <span class="bibl">9.40</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> later, of the gods, chiefly in pl., <b class="b2">glorious deeds, wonders, miracles</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1172, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.17</span>; ζῶσαι ἀ. <span class="title">IG</span>14.966, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>2.9</span>: also in sg., ὄψιν ἰδοῦσα ἀρετὴν τῆς θεοῦ <span class="title">IG</span>2.1426<b class="b2">b</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isyll. 62</span>, <span class="title">BSA</span>21.169,180. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">excellence</b>, ἡ ἀ. τελείωσίς τις <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Metaph.</span>1021b20</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1106a15</span>, etc.; of persons, ἄνδρα πὺξ ἀρετὰν εὑρόντα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.89</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>4.187</span>, <span class="bibl">B.9.13</span>, etc.; τὸ φρονεῖν ἀ. μεγίστη <span class="bibl">Heraclit. 112</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">forms of excellence</b>, μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἀ. <span class="bibl">B.13.8</span>, cf. Gorg. <span class="title">Fr.</span>8, etc.; δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>18a</span>; esp. <b class="b2">moral virtue</b>, <span class="bibl">Democr. 179</span>, <span class="bibl">263</span>, al., Gorg.<span class="title">Fr.</span>6; opp. <b class="b3">κακία</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.21</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>500d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 963a</span>, <span class="bibl">963c</span> sq., <span class="bibl">D.60.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1102a6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1295a37</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">good nature, kindness</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>163</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> of animals, things, as land, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.198</span>, <span class="bibl">7.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν ἀρετῇ κειμένη γῆ</b> <b class="b2">productive</b> land, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>5.165</span> (ii B. C.); ἵππου <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.88</span>; <b class="b3">κυνῶν, ἵππων</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>335b</span>; <b class="b3">σκεύους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">601d</span>; [<b class="b3">ἀστακοῦ</b>] <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>24</span>; ἀ. βίου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618c</span>; πολιτείας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>886b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">prosperity</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.45</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. εἴς τινα</b> <b class="b2">active merit, good service</b> done him, ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας <span class="bibl">Th.3.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.40</span>; ἀ. περί τινα <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>1.4.8</span>; ἀνταποδοῦναι ἀ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.19</span>; ἀρετὰς παρασχέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">D.19.312</span>; <b class="b3">ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα</b>, freq. in honorary Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>22.107.14, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">reward</b> of excellence, <b class="b2">distinction, fame</b>, πλούτῳ δ' ἀρετὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>313</span>, cf. Sapph.80, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.53</span>, al.; ἀθάνατος ἀ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1420</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>208d</span>; ἃ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν, ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Lycurg.49</span>; of God, δόξα καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>1.3</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">glories</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.2</span>, al.; πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span> 2.53</span>; γενναίων ἀ. πόνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>357</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.2.26</span>; προγόνων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618b</span>; in LXX freq. of the <b class="b2">praises</b> of God, <span class="bibl">Is.42.8</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">Ἀρετή</b> personified, <span class="bibl">Prodic.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>675</span>, <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span>, <span class="title">CIG</span>2786, <span class="title">SIG</span> 985.10, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἀ. σου</b> as a title, Your <b class="b2">worship</b>, PLips.13 ii 20, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">VI</span> an <b class="b2">engine of war</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.38.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">VII</span> a <b class="b2">plaster</b>, Androm. ap. Gal.13.531.</span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0349.png Seite 349]] (ἀρι –, [[ἀρείων]], [[ἄριστος]], [[Ἄρης]], vgl. ἀρεί. ων), ἡ, Tugend, nicht im christl., sondern im Griech. Sinne; Vortrefflichkeit, Güte, Vorzug, von Geist u. Leib. Hom. Od. 17, 322 ἥμισυ γάρ τ' ἀρετῆς ἀποαίνυται εὐρυόπα Ζεὺς ἀνέρος, εὖτ' ἄν μιν κατὰ δούλιον [[ἦμαρ]] ἕλῃσιν. In diesem Sinne Hom. öfters von den Heroen; Iliad. 13, 237 συμφερτὴ δ' ἀρετὴ πέλει ἀνδρῶν καὶ [[μάλα]] λυγρῶν, Zenodot u. Aristophanes Byz. συμφερτὸς δὲ βίη, Aristarch συμφερτὴ δ' [[ἀρετή]], s. Scholl. Nicanor. u. Didym.; die Götter haben [[ἀρετή]] Iliad. 9, 498, Pferde 23, 276 (vgl. Aristot. Eth. 2, 5 Xen. Hier. 2, 2), Penelope Od. 2, 206. 24, 197, die Füße eines Mannes Iliad. 20, 411; ὄφρ' ἀρετὴν παρέχωσι θεοὶ καὶ γούνατ' ὀρώρῃ Od. 18, 133; [[κρείσσων]] ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε Iliad. 23, 578; τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀρετὴ [[τιμή]] τε βίη τε 9, 498; ἐμὴν ἀρετὴν εἶδός τε [[δέμας]] τε ὤλεσαν ἀθάνατοι Od. 18, 251. 19, 124; ἀλλὰ καὶ [[ἔνθεν]] ἐμῇ ἀρετῇ βουλῇ τε νόῳ τε ἐκφύγομεν 12, 211; οὕτω γάρ κέν μοι ἐυκλείη τ' [[ἀρετή]] τε εἴη ἐπ' ἀνθρώπους 14, 402; auffallende Vbdg σὺν μεγάλῃ ἀρετῇ ἐκτήσω ἄκοιτιν Od. 24, 193; Plural dreimal: πόσιν παντοίῃς ἀρετῇσι κεκασμένον Od. 4, 725. 815; τοῦ γένετ' ἐκ πατρὸς πολὺ χείρονος υἱὸς [[ἀμείνων]] παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι, καὶ νόον ἐνπρώτοισι Μυκηναίων ἐτέτυκτο Iliad. 15, 642. Auch bei Herod. Tapferkeit, Muth, 8, 92; ἀρετὰς ἀποδείκνυσθαι, Heldenthaten vollbringen, 1, 176. 9, 40; ἀρετὰς πράσσειν, Großthaten verrichten, Pind. I. 5, 11; vgl. Plat. Rep. X, 618 b; ἐπὶ γένεσι καὶ προγόνων ἀρεταῖς καὶ ῥώμῃ τῆς πόλεως Menex. 243 c; Xen. Cyr. 4. 1, 5, u. sonst auch Sp. Vorzüglichkeit, Trefflichkeit, χώρη ἀρετὴν ἄκρη Her. 7, 5, wie γῆς Thuc. 1, 2; Plat. Critia 110 e 117 b u. Sp., wie Pol. 2, 15, 1 u. öfter; ἅρματος Xen. Hier. 11, 5; σώματος [[ἀρετή]], [[ὑγίεια]] Plat. Gorg. 479 b; Arist. rhet. 1, 3; Schönheit, Xen. Cyr. 5, 1, 4; ὀφθαλμῶν, ὤτων Plat. Rep. 1, 353 b; ἑκἀστου σκεύους καὶ ζώου X, 601 d; κυνῶν, ἵππων I, 335 b u. sonst. Bei den Att. wird aber die moralische Bedeutung, Tugend, vorherrschend, u. bleibt es bei den Spätern; bes. Tüchtigkeit des Sinnes u. des Handelns vereinigt. Dah. geistiger Vorzug, ἀρεταί, vortreffliche Eigenschaften übh.; Plat. spricht auch von ἀρετὴ τεκτονική, πολιτική, Kunst u. Fertigkeit, Prot. 322 d; κυβερνητική Alc. I, 135 a; δικαστοῦ Apol. 18 a. d. i. die Pflicht. Bei Thuc. 3, 58 ἡ ἀρετὴ ἡ ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας, Verdienst; ebenso ἡ περὶ ἐμὲ [[ἀρετή]] Xen. An. 1, 4, 8; ἀρετῆς καὶ δόξης [[λόγος]] Dem. 19, 142; Auszeichnung, φέρει εἰς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀρετήν Thuc. 1, 38; Harpocr. erkl. dah. [[εὐδοξία]]; vgl. B. A. 443 u. Soph. Phil. 1420 ἀθάνατον ἀρετὴν ἔσχον. | |||
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[ᾰ], ἡ,
A goodness, excellence, of any kind, in Hom. esp. of manly qualities, ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων Il.20.411; ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον 15.642; so of the gods, τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀ. τιμή τε βίη τε 9.498; also of women, Od.2.206; ἀ. εἵνεκα for valour, Hdt.8.92: pl., ἀ. ἀπεδείκνυντο displayed brave deeds, Id.1.176, 9.40. b later, of the gods, chiefly in pl., glorious deeds, wonders, miracles, SIG1172, Str.17.1.17; ζῶσαι ἀ. IG14.966, cf. 1 Ep.Pet.2.9: also in sg., ὄψιν ἰδοῦσα ἀρετὴν τῆς θεοῦ IG2.1426b, cf. Isyll. 62, BSA21.169,180. 2 generally, excellence, ἡ ἀ. τελείωσίς τις Arist. Metaph.1021b20, cf.EN1106a15, etc.; of persons, ἄνδρα πὺξ ἀρετὰν εὑρόντα Pi.O.7.89, cf. P.4.187, B.9.13, etc.; τὸ φρονεῖν ἀ. μεγίστη Heraclit. 112: in pl., forms of excellence, μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἀ. B.13.8, cf. Gorg. Fr.8, etc.; δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀ. Pl.Ap.18a; esp. moral virtue, Democr. 179, 263, al., Gorg.Fr.6; opp. κακία, X.Mem.2.1.21, cf.Pl.R.500d, Lg. 963a, 963c sq., D.60.17, Arist.EN1102a6, Pol.1295a37, etc.; good nature, kindness, etc., E.Fr.163. b of animals, things, as land, Hdt.4.198, 7.5, Th.1.2; ἡ ἐν ἀρετῇ κειμένη γῆ productive land, PTeb.5.165 (ii B. C.); ἵππου Hdt.3.88; κυνῶν, ἵππων, Pl.R.335b; σκεύους ib.601d; [ἀστακοῦ] Archestr.Fr.24; ἀ. βίου Pl.R.618c; πολιτείας Lg.886b, etc. 3 prosperity, Od.13.45. II ἀ. εἴς τινα active merit, good service done him, ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας Th.3.58, cf. 2.40; ἀ. περί τινα X. An.1.4.8; ἀνταποδοῦναι ἀ. Th.4.19; ἀρετὰς παρασχέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος D.19.312; ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα, freq. in honorary Inscrr., IG22.107.14, etc. III reward of excellence, distinction, fame, πλούτῳ δ' ἀρετὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ Hes.Op.313, cf. Sapph.80, Pi.N.5.53, al.; ἀθάνατος ἀ. S.Ph.1420, Pl.Smp.208d; ἃ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν, ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀ. Lycurg.49; of God, δόξα καὶ ἀ. 2 Ep.Pet.1.3: in pl., glories, Thgn.30, Pi.N.10.2, al.; πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Id.O. 2.53; γενναίων ἀ. πόνων E.HF357 (lyr.), cf. Lys.2.26; προγόνων ἀ. Pl.R.618b; in LXX freq. of the praises of God, Is.42.8, al. IV Ἀρετή personified, Prodic.1, Arist.Fr.675, Callix.2, CIG2786, SIG 985.10, etc. V ἡ ἀ. σου as a title, Your worship, PLips.13 ii 20, etc. VI an engine of war, Ath.Mech.38.11. VII a plaster, Androm. ap. Gal.13.531.
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[Seite 349] (ἀρι –, ἀρείων, ἄριστος, Ἄρης, vgl. ἀρεί. ων), ἡ, Tugend, nicht im christl., sondern im Griech. Sinne; Vortrefflichkeit, Güte, Vorzug, von Geist u. Leib. Hom. Od. 17, 322 ἥμισυ γάρ τ' ἀρετῆς ἀποαίνυται εὐρυόπα Ζεὺς ἀνέρος, εὖτ' ἄν μιν κατὰ δούλιον ἦμαρ ἕλῃσιν. In diesem Sinne Hom. öfters von den Heroen; Iliad. 13, 237 συμφερτὴ δ' ἀρετὴ πέλει ἀνδρῶν καὶ μάλα λυγρῶν, Zenodot u. Aristophanes Byz. συμφερτὸς δὲ βίη, Aristarch συμφερτὴ δ' ἀρετή, s. Scholl. Nicanor. u. Didym.; die Götter haben ἀρετή Iliad. 9, 498, Pferde 23, 276 (vgl. Aristot. Eth. 2, 5 Xen. Hier. 2, 2), Penelope Od. 2, 206. 24, 197, die Füße eines Mannes Iliad. 20, 411; ὄφρ' ἀρετὴν παρέχωσι θεοὶ καὶ γούνατ' ὀρώρῃ Od. 18, 133; κρείσσων ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε Iliad. 23, 578; τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀρετὴ τιμή τε βίη τε 9, 498; ἐμὴν ἀρετὴν εἶδός τε δέμας τε ὤλεσαν ἀθάνατοι Od. 18, 251. 19, 124; ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔνθεν ἐμῇ ἀρετῇ βουλῇ τε νόῳ τε ἐκφύγομεν 12, 211; οὕτω γάρ κέν μοι ἐυκλείη τ' ἀρετή τε εἴη ἐπ' ἀνθρώπους 14, 402; auffallende Vbdg σὺν μεγάλῃ ἀρετῇ ἐκτήσω ἄκοιτιν Od. 24, 193; Plural dreimal: πόσιν παντοίῃς ἀρετῇσι κεκασμένον Od. 4, 725. 815; τοῦ γένετ' ἐκ πατρὸς πολὺ χείρονος υἱὸς ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι, καὶ νόον ἐνπρώτοισι Μυκηναίων ἐτέτυκτο Iliad. 15, 642. Auch bei Herod. Tapferkeit, Muth, 8, 92; ἀρετὰς ἀποδείκνυσθαι, Heldenthaten vollbringen, 1, 176. 9, 40; ἀρετὰς πράσσειν, Großthaten verrichten, Pind. I. 5, 11; vgl. Plat. Rep. X, 618 b; ἐπὶ γένεσι καὶ προγόνων ἀρεταῖς καὶ ῥώμῃ τῆς πόλεως Menex. 243 c; Xen. Cyr. 4. 1, 5, u. sonst auch Sp. Vorzüglichkeit, Trefflichkeit, χώρη ἀρετὴν ἄκρη Her. 7, 5, wie γῆς Thuc. 1, 2; Plat. Critia 110 e 117 b u. Sp., wie Pol. 2, 15, 1 u. öfter; ἅρματος Xen. Hier. 11, 5; σώματος ἀρετή, ὑγίεια Plat. Gorg. 479 b; Arist. rhet. 1, 3; Schönheit, Xen. Cyr. 5, 1, 4; ὀφθαλμῶν, ὤτων Plat. Rep. 1, 353 b; ἑκἀστου σκεύους καὶ ζώου X, 601 d; κυνῶν, ἵππων I, 335 b u. sonst. Bei den Att. wird aber die moralische Bedeutung, Tugend, vorherrschend, u. bleibt es bei den Spätern; bes. Tüchtigkeit des Sinnes u. des Handelns vereinigt. Dah. geistiger Vorzug, ἀρεταί, vortreffliche Eigenschaften übh.; Plat. spricht auch von ἀρετὴ τεκτονική, πολιτική, Kunst u. Fertigkeit, Prot. 322 d; κυβερνητική Alc. I, 135 a; δικαστοῦ Apol. 18 a. d. i. die Pflicht. Bei Thuc. 3, 58 ἡ ἀρετὴ ἡ ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας, Verdienst; ebenso ἡ περὶ ἐμὲ ἀρετή Xen. An. 1, 4, 8; ἀρετῆς καὶ δόξης λόγος Dem. 19, 142; Auszeichnung, φέρει εἰς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀρετήν Thuc. 1, 38; Harpocr. erkl. dah. εὐδοξία; vgl. B. A. 443 u. Soph. Phil. 1420 ἀθάνατον ἀρετὴν ἔσχον.
