αἰσθάνομαι

αἰσθ-άνομαι (cf. αἴσθομαι), [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl.opt.

A

αἰσθανοίατο Ar.Pax209

: [tense] impf. ῃσθανόμην: [tense] fut.

αἰσθήσομαι S.Ph.75

, etc.; later

αἰσθανθήσομαι LXX Is.49.26

; αἰσθηθήσομαι ib.33.11: [tense] aor. 2 ᾐσθόμην: [tense] pf. ᾔσθημαι: later, [tense] aor. 1 ᾐσθησάμην Sch.Arat.418;

ᾐσθήθην LXX Jb.40.18

: (cf. ἀΐω):—perceive, apprehend by the senses, Alcmaeon 1a, Hdt.3.87, Democr.11, etc.;

τῇ ὄψει, τῇ ἁφῇ, τῇ ἀκοῇ Hp.Off.1

; αἰ. τῇ ἀκοῇ, τῇ ὀσμῇ, Th.6.17, X.Mem.3.11.8; see, S.Ph.75, etc.; hear,

βοήν Id.Aj. 1318

, cf. Ph.252; οὐκ εἶδον αὐτόν, ᾐσθόμην δ' ἔτ' ὄντανιν ib.445; τινὸς ὑποστενούσης αἰ. Id.El.79;

βοῆς E.Hipp.603

, etc.

2 of mental perception, perceive, understand,

τῇ γνώμῃ αἰσθέσθαι Hp.Off.1

;

τὸ πραχθέν Lys.9.4

, cf. Th.3.36, etc.:— hear, learn, v. infr. 11: abs., αἰσθάνει you are right, E.Or.752; ᾔσθημαι, in parenthesis, Id.Hipp. 1403.

II Construct. in both senses, c. gen., take notice of, have perception of,

τῶν κακῶν E.Tr.638

s. v.l.; rarely

περί τινος Th.1.70

; αἰ. ὑπό τινος learn from one, Id.5.2;

διά τινος Pl.Tht.184e

, al.: c. acc., S.El.89, Ph.252, E.Hel.653, 764, etc.:—freq. with part. agreeing with subject,

αἰσθάνομαι κάμνων Th.2.51

;

αἰσθώμεθα γελοῖοι ὄντες Pl.Thg.122c

; agreeing with object,

τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ᾐσθόμην A.Pr.957

, cf. Th.1.47, etc.;

ἤδη τινῶν ᾐσθόμην ἀχθομένων Lys.16.20

, cf. Pl.Ap.22c;

ᾐσθόμην τεχνωμένου Ar.V.176

: less freq. c. acc. et inf., Th.6.59; αἰ. ὅτι . . Id.5.2, Pl.Ap.21e, etc.; ᾔσθετο ὅτι τὸ στράτευμα ἦν . . X.An.1.2.21; αἰ. ὡς . . ib.3.1.40, etc.; οὕνεκα . . S.El. 1477:—abs., αἰσθανόμενος having full possession of one's faculties,

τῇ ἡλικίᾳ Th.5.26

; sensible, of keen perception,

καὶ μετρίως αἰσθανομένῳ φανερόν X.Mem.4.1.1

, cf. Th.1.71, Pl.R.360d.—The [voice] Pass. is supplied by αἴσθησιν παρέχω, cf.

αἴσθησις 1

.

III display feeling, Arist.Po.1454b37.