ἀρέσκω [ᾰ], impf. ἤρεσκον Th. 5.37, etc.: fut. ἀρέσω D. 39.33, Ep. ἀρέσσω ( συν-) A.R. 3.901: aor. ἤρεσα Hdt. 8.19, Com.Adesp. 19.4D., etc., Ep. ἄρεσσα A.R. 3.301, inf. ἀρέσαι Il., X.: pf. ἀρήρεκα Corn. ND 24, S.E. M. 1.238:— Med., fut. ἀρέσομαι A. Supp. 655 (lyr.), Ep. ἀρέσσομαι Il. 4.362: aor. ἠρεσάμην, Ep. ἀρ- Hes. Sc. 255, Ep. part. ἀρεσσάμενος Il. 9.112, Thgn. 762: aor. Pass. in med. sense, S. Ant. 500:— Pass., aor. ἠρέσθην Paus. 2.13.8, J. AJ 12.9.6.
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force oneself in, ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὢν οὐκ ἀστὸς ἐσβιάζεται Ar. Av. 32; τῶν αὑτοὺς εἰσβιαζομένων.. ποιεῖσθαι who force [others] to adopt them into a family, D. 39.33, cf. CIG 2685 ( Iasos), OGI 736.6 (Fayûm), PPetr. 3p.39 (iii B.C.), etc.
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Adj. as predic., make, render so and so, ποιῆσαί τινα ἄφρονα make one senseless, Od. 23.12; [ δῶρα] ὄλβια ποιεῖν make them blest, i.e. prosper them, 13.42, cf. Il. 12.30; τοὺς Μήδους ἀσθενεῖς π. X. Cyr. 1.5.2, etc.; χρήσιμον ἐξ ἀχρήστου π. Pl. R. 411b: with a Subst., ποιῆσαι ἀθύρματα make into playthings, Il. 15.363; ποιεῖν τινα βασιλῆα Od. 1.387; ταμίην ἀνέμων 10.21; γέροντα 16.456; ἄκοιτίν τινι Il. 24.537; γαμβρὸν ἑόν Hes. Th. 818; [ μύρμηκας] ἄνδρας π. [καὶ] γυναῖκας Id. Fr. 76.5; πολιήτας π. τινάς Hdt. 7.156; Ἀθηναῖον π. τινά Th. 2.29, etc.; π. τινὰ παράδειγμα Isoc. 4.39: hence, appoint, instal, τὸν Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀαρών LXX 1 Ki. 12.6; δώδεκα Ev.Marc. 3.14:— Med., ποιεῖσθαί τινα ἑταῖρον make him oneʼs friend, Hes. Op. 707, cf. 714; π. τινὰ ἄλοχον or ἄκοιτιν take her to oneself as wife, Il. 3.409, 9.397, cf. Od. 5.120, etc.; π. τινὰ παῖδα make him oneʼs son, i.e. adopt him as son, Il. 9.495, etc.; θετὸν παῖδα π. adopt a son, Hdt. 6.57: without υἱόν, adopt, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἦσαν αὐτῷ παῖδες ἄρρενες, π. Λεωκράτη D. 41.3, cf. 39.6, 33, 44.25, Pl. Lg. 923c, etc.; π. τινὰ θυγατέρα Hdt. 4.180: generally, ἅπαντας ἢ σῦς ἠὲ λύκους π. Od. 10.433; π. τινὰ πολίτην Isoc. 9.54; μαθητήν Pl. Cra. 428b; τὰ κρέα π. εὔτυκα Hdt. 1.119; τὰ ἔπεα ἀπόρρητα π. making them a secret, Id. 9.45, etc.; also ἑωυτοῦ ποιέεται τὸ . . ἔργον makes it his own, Id. 1.129; μηδʼ ἃ μὴ ʼθιγες ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς S. Ant. 547.