ἀρεστός [ᾰ], ή, όν,
acceptable, pleasing, [[ 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.46, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 71, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 1676.1, etc.; ἔμοιγε οὐκ ἀρεστά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.64; τῶν σῶν λόγων ἀ. οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 500, compare “OT” 1096 (Lyric poetry); τἀρεστὰ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς αἱρεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.15; τὸ αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.9] Refs 7th c.BC+]; οἴνου παρέχειν ἀρεστόν a sufficient quantity, [[ “IG” 12(5).647.17 (from Ceos)] Refs]; satisfactory, [[ “PSI” 3.171.16 (2nd c.BC) ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of persons, acceptable, approved, τινί[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.7, “SIG” 577.58 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb, ἑωυτῷ ἀρεστῶς quite to his own satisfaction, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.129; ἀ. τοῖς ναοποιοῖς “IG” 7.3073.52 (Lebad.); ὄχλοις ἀρεστῶς λέγειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.6b; ἐσθίειν ἀ. θεοῖς 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.13.1.] Refs 5th c.BC+]