ἀρέσκ-εια [ᾰρ], ἡ,
(ἀρεσκεύομαι) obsequiousness, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1221a8, “MM” 1192b30, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 5, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.26.5, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.5, 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus p.16W.; ἀ. βασιλέως 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.11a. 7, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.8.7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 in plural, ={δόξαι}, ἀρέσκοντα, αἱ ἀ. τῶν πολλῶν, of false superstitions, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.191] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ ταῖς κεναῖς σοφιστῶν ἀρεσκήαις (sic) ὑπεναντία[[ 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1012.73. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 in good sense, πρὸς θεὸν καὶ ἀρετήν[[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.168; ἡ εἰς τὸ πλῆθος ἀ. “Inscription Prien.” 113.73 (1st c.BC),compare “IPE” 2.5, NT.Col.1.10] NT+1st c.BC+]; πρὸς τὴν ἑτέρων ἀ. βιοῦν[[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.14.] Refs 3rd c.AD+]