Ἀρετῶ

I am excellent, I pursue excellence

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[Meaning] I cultivate excellence.
Procopius [writes]: "but both [sides], some courting death, others pursuing excellence, went in close with great [spirit]."¹

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Ἀρετῶ· τὸ ἀρετῆς ἐπιμελοῦμαι. Προκόπιος· ἀμφότεροι δὲ, οἱ μὲν θανατῶντες, οἱ δὲ ἀρετῶντες, ἐπὶ τοὺς πέλας πολλῷ ἵεντο.

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Ἀρετῶ · I am excellent, I pursue excellence (α 3832) · Suda

*)aretw=: to\ a)reth=s e)pimelou=mai. *proko/pios: a)mfo/teroi de\, oi( me\n qanatw=ntes, oi( de\ a)retw=ntes, e)pi\ tou\s pe/las pollw=| i(/ento.

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