ἀρεστός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ἀρεστή, ἀρεστόν, [[acceptable]], [[pleasing]], [[agreeable]], Semon.7.46, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.119, Men. ''Epit.''71, Phld.''Po.''1676.1, etc.; ἔμοιγε οὐκ ἀρεστά = which I for my part [[mislike]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.64; [[ἐμοὶ τῶν σῶν λόγων ἀρεστὸν οὐδέν]] = [[none]] of your [[word]]s is [[pleasing]] to me S.''Ant.''500, cf. ''OT''1096 (lyr.); τἀρεστὰ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς [[αἱρεῖσθαι]] = [[choose]] what was most [[agreeable]] to yourselves Lys.14.15; [[τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν]] = what is [[chosen]] is [[approved]], Chrysipp.Stoic.3.9; [[οἶνος|οἴνου]] [[παρέχειν]] ἀρεστόν = [[supply]] a [[sufficient]] [[quantity]] of [[wine]], ''IG''12(5).647.17 (Ceos); [[satisfactory]], ''PSI'' 3.171.16 (ii B. C.); of persons, [[acceptable]], [[approved]], τινί [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.7, ''SIG''577.58 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.), etc. Adv., [[ἀρεστῶς]] = [[in pleasing manner]], [[ἑωυτῷ ἀρεστῶς]] = [[quite to his own satisfaction]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.129; ἀρεστῶς τοῖς ναοποιοῖς ''IG''7.3073.52 (Lebad.); ὄχλοις [[ἀρεστῶς]] λέγειν = speaking in a way to [[catch]] the [[favour]] of the [[mob]], Plu.2.6b; [[ἐσθίειν]] ἀρεστῶς θεοῖς = [[eat]] [[acceptably]] to the [[god]]s Arr.''Epict.''1.13.1.