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ἄρεσκος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρεσκος

Structure: ἀρεσκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)re/skw

Sense

  1. pleasing, obsequious, cringing

Examples

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ μηδὲν πρὸσ ἕτερον ζῶν καταφρονητικὸσ αὐθάδησ, ὁ δὲ πάντα πρὸσ ἄλλον ἢ καὶ πάντων ἐλάττων ἄρεσκοσ, ὁ δὲ τὰ μὲν τὰ δὲ μή, καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀξίουσ οὕτωσ ἔχων σεμνόσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 131:1)
  • περὶ δὲ τὸ λοιπὸν ἡδὺ τὸ ἐν τῷ βίῳ ὁ μὲν ὡσ δεῖ ἡδὺσ ὢν φίλοσ καὶ ἡ μεσότησ φιλία, ὁ δ’ ὑπερβάλλων, εἰ μὲν οὐδενὸσ ἕνεκα, ἄρεσκοσ, εἰ δ’ ὠφελείασ τῆσ αὑτοῦ, κόλαξ, ὁ δ’ ἐλλείπων καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν ἀηδὴσ δύσερίσ τισ καὶ δύσκολοσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 88:1)
  • τοῦ δὲ συνηδύνοντοσ ὁ μὲν τοῦ ἡδὺσ εἶναι στοχαζόμενοσ μὴ διά τι ἄλλο ἄρεσκοσ, ὁ δ’ ὅπωσ ὠφέλειά τισ αὑτῷ γίνηται εἰσ χρήματα καὶ ὅσα διὰ χρημάτων, κόλαξ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 127:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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