ἀρεσκεία

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οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 348] ἡ, gefälliges, schmeichelndes Wesen, meist tadelnd, Gefallsucht, Kriecherei; vgl. Theophr. char. 5; Pol. 31, 26, 5; τοῦ βασιλέως, Gehorsam, 6, 2, 12; Selbstgefälligkeit, M. Anton. 5, 18.

English (Strong)

from a derivative of ἀρέσκω; complaisance: pleasing.