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αἰσθάνομαι

aisthanomai

perceive, apprehend by the senses

Appears 342 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

αἰσθάνομαι (cf. αἴσθομαι), Ion. 3pl.opt. αἰσθανοίατο Ar. Pax 209: impf. ῃσθανόμην: fut. αἰσθήσομαι S. Ph. 75, etc.; later αἰσθανθήσομαι LXX Is. 49.26; αἰσθηθήσομαι ib.33.11: aor. 2 ᾐσθόμην: pf. ᾔσθημαι: later, aor. 1 ᾐσθησάμην Sch.Arat. 418; ᾐσθήθην LXX Jb. 40.18: (cf. ἀΐω):—A. 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 δʼ ἔτʼ 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. II: 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 oneʼs 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 Pass. is supplied by αἴσθησιν παρέχω, cf. αἴσθησις I. III. display feeling, Arist. Po. 1454b37.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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