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Definition of Arête
1. Noun. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
Definition of Arête
1. Noun. Virtue, excellence. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of arête) ¹
3. Noun. (geology) A very thin ridge of rock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arête
1. a sharp mountain ridge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arête
Literary usage of Arête
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts (1869)
"i This, 0 Arete, is the discourse on virginity which you required of me, accomplished
according to my ability; which I pray, 0 mistress, although it is ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"3 (1878) ; Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 302, pi. 74, fig. 4 (1884) ; Barrett,
Lepid. Brit. Isl, i., p. 231, pi. 35 (1893). Var. Hipparchia arete. Var. ..."
3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1880)
"CONST ANTINE AND ARETE. See p. 217. WE are indebted for the following recension
of Constantine and Arete to Mr. Sophocles of Harvard College. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"(A.-N.) (1) To im- ARETE, J pute; to attribute, allot, or decree. ... judges,
and right sovereign bishops, which do arete the arms of the ..."
5. The Discoveries in Crete and Their Bearing on the History of Ancient by Ronald Montagu Burrows (1907)
"In the version for which these two lines were originally written, Arete and
Alkinoos were clearly brother and sister, ..."
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