α3830Ἀρετή
arete, excellence, virtue
[Arete is] a harmonious disposition and it is choice-worthy in itself, not because of any fear, hope, or any external thing. And happiness lies in virtue, too, since it is a state of mind which is made for the harmony…
Ἀρετή· διάθεσις ὁμολογουμένη καὶ αὐτὴ δι' αὐτὴν οὖσα αἱρετὴ, οὐ διά τινα φόβον ἢ ἐλπίδα ἤ τι τῶν ἔξωθεν· ἐν αὐτῇ τέ ἐστιν εὐδαιμονία, ἅτε οὔσῃ ψυχῇ πεποιημένῃ πρὸς τὴν ὁμολογίαν…