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v. trans.
P. and V. ἀ̆ρέσκειν (acc. or dat.). Ar. and V. ἁνδά̆νειν (dat.), V. προσσαίνειν, Ar. προσί̄εσθαι.
Gratify: P. and V. χᾰρίζεσθαι.
Delight: P. and V. τέρπειν, εὐφραίνειν.
If you please: P. and V. εἰ δοκεῖ, εἰ σοὶ δοκεῖ, εἰ σοὶ φί̆λον.
Be pleased: P. and V. ἥδεσθαι. P. ἀρέσκεσθαι.
Be pleased with: P. and V. ἥδεσθαι (dat.), χαίρειν (dat. or ἐπί̆, dat.), τέρπεσθαι (dat.), εὐφραίνεσθαι (dat.). ἀ̆γάλλεσθαι (dat.) (rare P.).
v. trans.
P. and V. ἀ̆ρέσκειν (acc. or dat.). Ar. and V. ἁνδά̆νειν (dat.), V. προσσαίνειν, Ar. προσί̄εσθαι.
Gratify: P. and V. χᾰρίζεσθαι.
Delight: P. and V. τέρπειν, εὐφραίνειν.
If you please: P. and V. εἰ δοκεῖ, εἰ σοὶ δοκεῖ, εἰ σοὶ φί̆λον.
Be pleased: P. and V. ἥδεσθαι. P. ἀρέσκεσθαι.
Be pleased with: P. and V. ἥδεσθαι (dat.), χαίρειν (dat. or ἐπί̆, dat.), τέρπεσθαι (dat.), εὐφραίνεσθαι (dat.). ἀ̆γάλλεσθαι (dat.) (rare P.).
PLEASE
placere (general term); delectat me aliquid delector aliqua re (I am delighted with): gratum jucundum est mihi aliquid (it is agreeable according to my wishes): probatur mihi aliquid (it meets my approbation): arridet mihi aliquid; amo laudo aliquid (I am well content with). To please greatly perplacere (Cic.; ☞ avoid praeplacere often used by modern writers but not Latin): not to please displicere; improbari: non probari: if it please you si tibi placet libet libitum est videtur commodum est; nisi molestum est; quod commodo tuo fiat (Cic.); si volupe tibi est (Plaut.): when you please quando visum fuerit; ubi volueris; ubi magis probaveris (after Cic.): to endeavor to please anybody laborare alicui probari (Plin. Ep.); gratiam alicujus captare (Cic.): to seek to please everybody se venditare omnibus (after Cic. Sull. 11 32): to be pleased with contentum esse acquiescere aliqua re; ferre aliquid.
placere (general term); delectat me aliquid delector aliqua re (I am delighted with): gratum jucundum est mihi aliquid (it is agreeable according to my wishes): probatur mihi aliquid (it meets my approbation): arridet mihi aliquid; amo laudo aliquid (I am well content with). To please greatly perplacere (Cic.; ☞ avoid praeplacere often used by modern writers but not Latin): not to please displicere; improbari: non probari: if it please you si tibi placet libet libitum est videtur commodum est; nisi molestum est; quod commodo tuo fiat (Cic.); si volupe tibi est (Plaut.): when you please quando visum fuerit; ubi volueris; ubi magis probaveris (after Cic.): to endeavor to please anybody laborare alicui probari (Plin. Ep.); gratiam alicujus captare (Cic.): to seek to please everybody se venditare omnibus (after Cic. Sull. 11 32): to be pleased with contentum esse acquiescere aliqua re; ferre aliquid.
please:
I. To give pleasure:
1. plăceo, 2 (most gen. term: with dat.): Ter.: Cic.: Hor. (pass.). To p. greatly, perplaceo, 2 (rare): Cic. Att. 3, 23.
2. dēlecto, 1 (stronger than placeo: with acc.): v.TO DELIGHT .
3. arrīdeo, si, sum, 2 (with dat.: rare): Cic. Att. 14, 21 (illud tuum, quod valde mihi arriserat, vehementer displicet): Hor. S. 1, 10, 89. (N.B.--An expr. best confined to familiar language.)
4. expr. by grātus, acceptus, cordi, with sum: v.AGREEABLE , PLEASING .
II. To meet the wishes of, be agreeable to:
1. vĭdētur, vīsum est, 2 (to seem good to: with dat.): if it p.s (you), i. e. if you like, si videtur, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 35: Caes.: v.TO SEEM .
2. plăcet, 2 (esp. to expr. formal resolutions of deliberative bodies): it p.d (was the pleasure of) the Senate, Senatui placere, Cic. Ph. 11, 12, 30: Caes.: Sall.
3. lĭbet, 2: v. infr. (IV.). In making a request, please. if you p., sis (= si vis), Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 19: in sim. sense, but stronger, amabo (te) = I shall be obliged to you (parenthetically): p. take care of my Cicero, cura amabo te, Ciceronem meum! Cic. Att. 2, 2: Ter.
III. To give satisfaction to:
1. expr. by prŏbo, apprŏbo, 1 (gain approval): I am not afraid that my labours will fail to p. M. Servilius, non vereor ne M. Servilio officium meum probem, Cic. Verr. 4, 38, 82: he passed through his term of apprenticeship in the art of war so as to p. Suetonius Paullinus, prima castrorum rudimenta Suetonio Paullino approbavit, Tac. Agr. 5: so, se probare (approbare): Cic. Lig. 1, 2.
2. grātĭfĭcor, 1: v.TO GRATIFY . Phr.: to be p.d with oneself, sibi placere, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15.
IV. To be disposed:
1. expr. by lĭbet, lĭbuit and lĭbĭtum est, 2 (with dat.): do as you p., facite quod vobis libet, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34: if you p. (if you choose), si libet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: as you p., ut libet, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 16.
2. vŏlo, 3, irr.: v.TO WISH . Esp. in contr. forms, sis (= si vis), like our please: v. supr. II., fin.
I. To give pleasure:
1. plăceo, 2 (most gen. term: with dat.): Ter.: Cic.: Hor. (pass.). To p. greatly, perplaceo, 2 (rare): Cic. Att. 3, 23.
2. dēlecto, 1 (stronger than placeo: with acc.): v.
3. arrīdeo, si, sum, 2 (with dat.: rare): Cic. Att. 14, 21 (illud tuum, quod valde mihi arriserat, vehementer displicet): Hor. S. 1, 10, 89. (N.B.--An expr. best confined to familiar language.)
4. expr. by grātus, acceptus, cordi, with sum: v.
II. To meet the wishes of, be agreeable to:
1. vĭdētur, vīsum est, 2 (to seem good to: with dat.): if it p.s (you), i. e. if you like, si videtur, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 35: Caes.: v.
2. plăcet, 2 (esp. to expr. formal resolutions of deliberative bodies): it p.d (was the pleasure of) the Senate, Senatui placere, Cic. Ph. 11, 12, 30: Caes.: Sall.
3. lĭbet, 2: v. infr. (IV.). In making a request, please. if you p., sis (= si vis), Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 19: in sim. sense, but stronger, amabo (te) = I shall be obliged to you (parenthetically): p. take care of my Cicero, cura amabo te, Ciceronem meum! Cic. Att. 2, 2: Ter.
III. To give satisfaction to:
1. expr. by prŏbo, apprŏbo, 1 (gain approval): I am not afraid that my labours will fail to p. M. Servilius, non vereor ne M. Servilio officium meum probem, Cic. Verr. 4, 38, 82: he passed through his term of apprenticeship in the art of war so as to p. Suetonius Paullinus, prima castrorum rudimenta Suetonio Paullino approbavit, Tac. Agr. 5: so, se probare (approbare): Cic. Lig. 1, 2.
2. grātĭfĭcor, 1: v.
IV. To be disposed:
1. expr. by lĭbet, lĭbuit and lĭbĭtum est, 2 (with dat.): do as you p., facite quod vobis libet, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34: if you p. (if you choose), si libet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: as you p., ut libet, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 16.
2. vŏlo, 3, irr.: v.