ἀρέσκω ; impf. ἤρεσκον ; fut. apéow; 1 aor. pera; (APQ [see dpa init.]); [fr. Hom. down]; a. to please: τινί, Mt. xiv. 6; Mk. vi. 22; Ro. viii. 8; xv. 2; 1 Th. ii. 15; iv. 1; 1 Co. vii. 32-34; Gal. i. 10; 2 Tim. ii. 4; ἐνώπιόν τινος, after the Hebr. .)}3, Acts vi. 5, (1 K. iii. 10; Gen. xxxiv. 18, ete.). b. to strive to please; to accommodate one’s self to the opinions, desires, interests of others: τινί, 1 Co. x. 33 (πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω) ; 1 ΤῊ. ii. 4. ἀρέσκειν ἑαυτῷ, to please one’s self and therefore to have an eye to one’s own interests: Ro. xv. 1, 3.

ἀρέσκω areskō 17x

to please, Mt. 14:6; to be pleasing, acceptable, Acts 6:5; to consult the pleasure of any one, Rom. 15:1, 2, 3; 1 Cor. 10:33; to seek favor with, Gal. 1:10; 1 Thess. 2:4

ἀρέσκω,

[in LXX chiefly for טוֹב;]

to please (Hom., Hdt., al.): c. dat. pers., Mt 14:6, Mk 6:22, Ro 8:8 15:2, I Th 2:15 4:1, I Co 7:32, 33, 34, Ga 1:10, II Ti 2:4; seq. ἐνώπιον (= Heb. בּעֵנֵי, Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), Ac 6:5.

In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (v. M, Th., ICC, I Co., 7:32, 33, 34; Cremer, 640 f.); Ro 15:1, 3, I Co 10:33, I Th 2:4.†

ἀρέσκω. For the idea of service in the interests of others which underlies several of the NT occurrences of this verb (« Th 25, Rom 15, 1 Cor 10%), we may compare its use in monumental inscriptions to describe those who have proved themselves of use to the commonwealth, as OG/S 641 (A.D. 246-7) ᾿Ιούλιον Αὐρήλιον. . . οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ κατελθόντες . . . ἀνέστησαν ἀρέσαντα αὑτοῖς, τειμῆς χάριν, ib. 646135 (iii/A.p.) Σεπτίμ[ιον Οὐορώδην] . . . ἀναλώσαντα καὶ ἀρέσαντα τῇ τε αὐτῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ. For ἃ wider sense see the interesting petition of a Jew of Alexandria in the 26th year of Augustus, who, after describing himself as μεταλαβὼν καθ᾽ ὃ δυνατὸν καὶ τῷ πατρὶ [τῆ]ς ἀρεσκούσης παιδείας, goes on to state that he runs the risk τῆς ἰδίας πατρίδος στερηθῆναι (BGU IV. 1140°*), In PSI 94° (ii/A.p.) a woman writes gratefully ὅτι ἤρεσε καὶ τῷ παιδὶ ἡ ποδίς, καὶ προσεδρεύει is τὰ μαθήματα: cf. BGU IV. 11417* (Aug.) ὡς δοῦλος ἐπ᾽ ἐλευθερίᾳ θέλει ἀρέσαι οὕτω κἀγὼ τὴν φιλίαν σου θέλων ἄμεμπτίον] ἐματὸν ἐτήρησα. In P Oxy VIII. 115325 (i/A.p.) a man sends his son ἃ piece of fabric, telling him to show it to a third man and write as to the colour, ἐὰν αὐτῷ ἀρέσκῃ. Similarly in P Giss I. 207 \ii/a.p.) ὁποῖον δέ σοι χρῶ[μ]α ἀρέσκει, [δήλω]σον δι᾿ ἐπι[σἸ]τολῆς ἢ μεικρὸν ἔρ[γο]ν αὐτοῦ π[έμψο]ν---α woman is writing to her husband about some wool she is working for him. (Ought we perhaps to supplement ἔρ[ιο]ν from the previous line, instead of ép[yo]v, ‘‘a little wool of that (colour) *’?) The same lady’s mother writes to the husband in 2213 ταῦτα Kal θεοῖς [ἀρέ]σκε[ι}, but then unfortunately becomes illegible, though a small space suggests to the editor that the sentence ends there: in that case ταῦτα is her earnest wish to see her son-in-law safe home. The verb remains in the Or antes vernacular to-day with meaning unchanged, but (normally) a less irregular present ἀρέζω.

ἀρέσκω (areskō) — to please. ἀρέσκω [ᾰ], imperfect ἤρεσκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀρέσω[Refs 4th c.BC+] (συν-) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἤρεσα[Refs 5th c.BC+]., etc., Epic dialect ἄρεσσα[Refs 3rd c.BC+], infinitive ἀρέσαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἀρήρεκα[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, future ἀρέσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἀρέσσομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἠρεσάμην, Epic dialect ἀρ-[Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect participle ἀρεσσάμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist passive in middle sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἠρέσθην[Refs 1st c.AD+]

I. of person only, make good, make amends, ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, ταῦτα δ᾽ ὄπισθεν ἀρεσσόμεθ᾽ εἴ τι κακὸν νῦν εἴρηται[Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπονδὰς θεοῖς ἀρέσασθαι make full drink-offerings to the gods, [Refs 6th c.BC+]

I.2. in [Refs 8th c.BC+] also frequently in middle, with accusative person et dative modi, appease, conciliate, αὐτὸν ἀρεσσάσθω ἐπέεσσι καὶ δώρῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν ξεῖνον ἀρέσσομαι ὡς σὺ κελεύεις[Refs 8th c.BC+]: with genitive _of things_, ἀρέσαντο φρένας αἵματος they sated their heart with blood, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.3. after [Refs 8th c.BC+], with dative person, please, satisfy, οὔτε γάρ μοι Πολυκράτης ἤρεσκε δεσπόζων.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀεὶ δ᾽ ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν to be obsequious to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τρόποις τινός conform to his ways, [NT+4th c.BC+]:—middle, μάλιστα ἠρέσκοντό [οἱ] οἱ ἀπ᾽ Ἀθηνέων pleased him most, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. of things, with dative person, please, εἴ τοι ἀρέσκει τὰ ἐγὼ λέγω[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς.. πρέσβεσιν ἤρεσκεν [the proposal] pleased them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist passive, μηδ᾽ ἀρεσθείη ποτέ (i.e. μηδὲν τῶν σῶν λόγων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. with accusative person, οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἀρέσκει γλῶσσά σου τεθηγμένη[Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in passive, to be pleased, satisfied, οὐκ ἠρέσκετο λειπομένου Μαρδονίου ὑπὸ βασιλέος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ κρίσι with the decision, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later in aorist, ἠρέσθη τῇ γνώμῃ[Refs 1st c.AD+]

IV. ἀρέσκει is used impersonal to express the opinion or resolution of a public body, ταῦτα ἤρεσέ σφι ποιέειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρέσκει.. εἶναι Δελφῶν it is resolved that.., [Refs]; also of prevailing opinions, ἀρέσκει περὶ τρίψεως παραγγέλλοντας.. writers on massage lay down the rule that.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ ἀρέσκοντα the dogmas of philosophers, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, ἐξεῖναι παρ᾽ ὁποτέρους ἂν ἀρέσκηται ἐλθεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. participle ἀρέσκων, ουσα, ον, grateful, acceptable, ὅσοις τάδ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀρέσκονθ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+]

V.2. of persons, acceptable, τὸν ἀρέσκοντα αὑτῷ προσλαμβάνειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]