αἴσθησις

αἴσθ-ησις, εως, ἡ,

A sense-perception, sensation, Philol.13, Archyt.1, Arist.APo. 99b35; τοῦ σώματος ἡ αἴ. Hp.VM9; πρὸς αἴσθησιν perceptibly, Ptol. Alm.1.10, etc.: in pl., the senses, Democr.9, al.; δι' ἑπτὰ σχημάτων αἱ αἰ. Hp.Vict.1.23, cf. Pl.Tht.156b, etc.: in sg. of the several senses, ἡ τοῦ ὁρᾶν αἴ. Id.R.507e; ἀπ' ὄψεως ἤ τινος ἄλλῃς αἰ. Id.Phlb.39b; organ or seat of sensation, X.Mem.1.4.6;

πάσα, τὰς αἰ. ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ εἶναι Arist.Fr.95

, cf. Pr.958b16; αἴ. πημάτων perception, sense of . . , E.El.290; esp. of pain, Vett. Val.113.10. al.; also of the mind, perception, knowledge of a thing,

ἐν αἰ. γενέσθαι τινός Plu.Luc.11

, etc.; αἴ. ἔχειν τινός, = αἰσθάνεσθαί τινος, have a perception of a thing, Pl.Ap. 40c;

περὶ ὑμῶν Tht.192b

;

πᾶσαν αἴσθησιν αἰσθάνεσθαι Phdr.240d

;

λαμβάνειν Isoc.1.47

;

ἐν αἰ. εἶναι Plot.4.7.15

:—also of things, αἴσθησιν ἔχειν give a perception, i.e. become perceptible, serving as [voice] Pass. to αἰσθάνομαι, Th.2.61; more freq.

αἴσθησιν παρέχειν Id.3.22

, X.An.4.6.13, etc.;

αἴ. ποιῆσαί τινι Antipho 5.44

, cf. D.10.7; αἴ. παρέχειν τινός furnish the means of observing, Th.2.50;

αἴ. ἐγένετο περί τινος D.48.16

.

II in object. sense, impressions of sense, Arist.Metaph.980a22; stage-effects, Po. 1454b16; αἰσθήσεις θεῶν visible appearances of the gods, Pl.Phd.111b.

2 display of feeling, Arist.Rh.1386a32 (v.l.).

3 in hunting, scent, X.Cyn.3.5 (pl.).—Confined to Prose in early writers, exc. E. l.c., Antiph.196.5.