αἴσθησις

A. sense-perception, sensation, Philol. 13, Archyt. 1, Arist. APo. 99b35; τοῦ σώματος ἡ αἴ. Hp. VM 9; πρὸς αἴσθησιν perceptibly, Ptol. Alm. 1.10, etc.: in pl., the senses, Democr. 9, al.; δῑ 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 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.