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ἀρέσκω [α^], impf.
A.ἤρεσκονTh.5.37, etc.: fut. “ἀρέσωD.39.33, Ep. ἀρέσσω συν-) A.R.3.901: aor. “ἤρεσαHdt.8.19, Com.Adesp.19.4D., etc., Ep. “ἄρεσσαA.R.3.301, inf. “ἀρέσαιIl., X.: pf. “ἀρήρεκαCorn.ND24, S.E.M.1.238:—Med., fut. “ἀρέσομαιA.Supp.655 (lyr.), Ep. “ἀρέσσομαιIl.4.362: aor. ἠρεσάμην, Ep. “ἀρ-Hes.Sc.255, Ep. part. “ἀρεσσάμενοςIl. 9.112, Thgn.762: aor. Pass. in med. sense, S.Ant.500:—Pass., aor. “ἠρέσθηνPaus.2.13.8, J.AJ12.9.6.
I. of pers. only, make good, make amends,ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαιIl.9.120:—Med., “ταῦτα δ᾽ ὄπισθεν ἀρεσσόμεθ᾽ εἴ τι κακὸν νῦν εἴρηται4.362, cf. Od.22.55, Q.S.4.377, 9.510; σπονδὰς θεοῖς ἀρέσασθαι make full drink-offerings to the gods, Thgn. l.c.
IV. ἀρέσκει is used impers. to express the opinion or resolution of a public body, “ταῦτα ἤρεσέ σφι ποιέεινHdt.8.19; “ἢν δ᾽ ἀρέσκῃ ταῦτ᾽ ἈθηναίοιςAr.Eq.1311; ἀρέσκει . . εἶναι Δελφῶν it is resolved that . . , SIG827D10; also of prevailing opinions, ἀρέσκει περὶ τρίψεως παραγγέλλοντας . . writers on massage lay down the rule that . . , Gal. 6.96; τὰ ἀρέσκοντα the dogmas of philosophers, Plu.2.448a, 1006d, etc.:—Med., “ἐξεῖναι παρ᾽ ὁποτέρους ἂν ἀρέσκηται ἐλθεῖνTh.1.35.
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