ἀρετάω
aretao
thrive, prosper
Appears 229 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 81 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 7 ▸
Book II 13 ▸
Book III 6 ▸
Book IV 13 ▸
Book V 12 ▸
Book VI 6 ▸
Book VIII 8 ▸
Book IX 4 ▸
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Politics 66 ▸
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Book II 6 ▸
Book III 11 ▸
Book IV 6 ▸
Book V 6 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29Book VII 23 ▸
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10 -
Eudemian Ethics 28 ▸
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Rhetoric 24 ▸
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Topics 14 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 4 ▸
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Metaphysics 3 ▸
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Chapter 4 1055a3–1055b29 -
Categories 2 ▸
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Poetics 2 ▸
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De Anima 1 ▸
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Chapter 4 407b27–409a30 -
De Mundo 1 ▸
Open De Mundo ›Chapter 6 397b7–401a11 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
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Chapter 5 1344a23–1344b21 -
Physics 1 ▸
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Chapter 3 245b3–248a9
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀρετάω [ᾰρ], A. thrive, prosper, οὐκ ἀρετᾷ κακὰ ἔργα Od. 8.329; λαοὶ ἀρετῶσι 19.114: in late Prose, ἀρετῶσα γῆ Ph. 2.372, al.; διάνοια ib.280:— Med., ἐὰν ἀρετήσηται αὐτοῦ τὰ . . PGiss. 67.15 (ii A. D.). II. choose the path of valour, Procop. Goth. 4.35, cf. Aed. 1 Prooem.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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