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ἀρέσκω [ᾰ],
imperfect ἤρεσκον[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀρέσω[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.33, _Epic dialect_ ἀρέσσω ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (συν-) [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.901] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἤρεσα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.19, “Comica Adespota” 19.4 D] Refs 5th c.BC+]., etc., Epic dialect ἄρεσσα[[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.301] Refs 3rd c.BC+], infinitive ἀρέσαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἀρήρεκα[[ 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 24, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.238] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, future ἀρέσομαι[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 655 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἀρέσσομαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.362: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἠρεσάμην, Epic dialect ἀρ-[[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 255] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect participle ἀρεσσάμενος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.112, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 762] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist passive in middle sense, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 500] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἠρέσθην[[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.13.8, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.9.6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I of person only, make good, make amends, ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.120] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, ταῦτα δ᾽ ὄπισθεν ἀρεσσόμεθ᾽ εἴ τι κακὸν νῦν εἴρηται[[ 4.362, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.55, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.377, 9.510] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπονδὰς θεοῖς ἀρέσασθαι make full drink-offerings to the gods, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus [prev. cited] ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__I.2 in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] also frequently in middle, with accusative person et dative modi, appease, conciliate, αὐτὸν ἀρεσσάσθω ἐπέεσσι καὶ δώρῳ[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.396] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν ξεῖνον ἀρέσσομαι ὡς σὺ κελεύεις[[ [prev. work] 402; ὥς κέν μιν ἀρεσσάμενοι πεπίθωμεν δώροισι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.112, compare 19.179; καθαροῖσι βωμοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 655; καί σε φίλως θυέεσσιν ἀρέσσατο 3rd c.BC: Maiistas Epicus 11] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with genitive _of things_, ἀρέσαντο φρένας αἵματος they sated their heart with blood, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 255. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], with dative person, please, satisfy, οὔτε γάρ μοι Πολυκράτης ἤρεσκε δεσπόζων.. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142; δεῖ μ᾽ ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κάτω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 75, compare 89] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀεὶ δ᾽ ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν to be obsequious to them, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 93, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.11] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τρόποις τινός conform to his ways, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.19; τὸ κολακεύειν νῦν ἀρέσκειν ὄνομ᾽ ἔχει 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 42; πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω NT.1Cor.10.33; ἑαυτοῖς NT.Rom.15.1 ] NT+4th c.BC+]:—middle, μάλιστα ἠρέσκοντό [οἱ] οἱ ἀπ᾽ Ἀθηνέων pleased him most, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.128. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of things, with dative person, please, εἴ τοι ἀρέσκει τὰ ἐγὼ λέγω[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89; κάρτα οἱ ἤρεσε ἡ ὑποθήκη [prev. author] 8.58, compare 3.40, 6.22; τῷ τοῦτ᾽ ἤρεσε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 409; σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει [prev. author] “Ant.” 211, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς.. πρέσβεσιν ἤρεσκεν [the proposal] pleased them, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 157d, +others: also in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist passive, μηδ᾽ ἀρεσθείη ποτέ (i.e. μηδὲν τῶν σῶν λόγων) [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 500. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III with accusative person, οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἀρέσκει γλῶσσά σου τεθηγμένη[[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 584; οὐδέ σ᾽ ἀρέσκει τὸ παρόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 185 (Lyric poetry), compare “Or.” 210; τουτὶ.. μ᾽ οὐκ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 353, compare “Ach.” 189, “Ra.” 103, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128; πότερός σε ὁ τρόπος ἀ.; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 433e, compare 391c, “R.” 557b, “Tht.” 172d] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in passive, to be pleased, satisfied, οὐκ ἠρέσκετο λειπομένου Μαρδονίου ὑπὸ βασιλέος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.66] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ κρίσι with the decision, [[ [prev. author] 3.34; διαίτῃ Σκυθικῇ [prev. author] 4.78; τοῖς λόγοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129, compare 2.68; τῇ σῇ συνουσίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theages” 127b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later in aorist, ἠρέσθη τῇ γνώμῃ[[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus [same place], +others; ἀρεσθεὶς τῷ πώματι 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta [prev. cited] ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV ἀρέσκει is used impersonal to express the opinion or resolution of a public body, ταῦτα ἤρεσέ σφι ποιέειν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.19; ἢν δ᾽ ἀρέσκῃ ταῦτ᾽ Ἀθηναίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1311] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρέσκει.. εἶναι Δελφῶν it is resolved that.., [[ “SIG” 827 D 10] Refs]; also of prevailing opinions, ἀρέσκει περὶ τρίψεως παραγγέλλοντας.. writers on massage lay down the rule that.., [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.96] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ ἀρέσκοντα the dogmas of philosophers, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.448a, 1006d, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, ἐξεῖναι παρ᾽ ὁποτέρους ἂν ἀρέσκηται ἐλθεῖν[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V participle ἀρέσκων, ουσα, ον, grateful, acceptable, ὅσοις τάδ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀρέσκονθ᾽[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 274; μηδὲν ἀρέσκον λέγειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.34; ἀρέσκοντας ὑμῖν λόγους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.2 of persons, acceptable, τὸν ἀρέσκοντα αὑτῷ προσλαμβάνειν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 951e; τῇ πόλει ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.13. (Cognate with ἀραρίσκω.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
