Lexical Definition

‎ἀρέσκω‎ aréskō (ar-es'-ko) to please ^G:V
probably from ‎αἴρω‎ (through the idea of exciting emotion)

please.

• to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)

Abbott-Smith

ἀρέσκω, [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב;]
1. 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.
2. 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.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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, [ἀρέσκω NT.1Cor.10.33; ἑαυτοῖς NT.Rom.15.1 ">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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.10.33 ☩ Rom.15.1}