ἀρέσκω
Etym. *ἄρω
I. "to make good, make up", ἂψ ἀρέσαι "to make amends", Il.:—Mid., ταῦτα ἀρεσσόμεθα this "will we make up among ourselves", Hom.
2. Mid. "to appease, conciliate", αὐτὸν ἀρεσσάσθω ἐπέεσσιν Od.
3. after Hom., c. dat. pers. "to please, satisfy, flatter", Hdt., attic; ταῦτα ἀρέσκει μοι Hdt.;—so, in Mid., id=Hdt.
II. in attic also c. acc. pers., οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἀρέσκει γλῶσσά σου Soph.; τουτί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀρ. Ar.: hence, in Pass., "to be pleased, satisfied with" a thing, c. dat. rei, Hdt., Thuc.
III. ἀρέσκει is used, like Lat. placet, to express "the resolution" of a public body, ταῦτα ἤρεσέ σφι ποιέειν Hdt.:—so in Mid., Thuc.
IV. part. ἀρέσκων, ουσα, ον, "grateful, acceptable", Soph., Thuc.