ἀναίσθητος
anaisthetos
without sense
Appears 47 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀναίσθητος, ον, A. without sense or feeling, Thrasymach. 1, Ti. 75e; ἀ. τινός without sense of a thing, Lg. 843a; ἀ. καὶ νεκρός 705; ἀ. ψαύσιος καὶ τρώσιος SD 2.12; ἀ. ἡ ἁφή the sense of touch is lost, ib.1.7. Adv. ἀναισθήτως, πάντων ἔχειν Epid. 3.17.ιεʹ; ἀ. ἔχειν to be insensible or indifferent, 12.112, cf. 1.82; ἀ. διακεῖσθαι EE 1231a1. 2. without perception or common sense, wanting tact, stupid, 6.86; οἱ ἀ. Θηβαῖοι those blockheads . . , 18.43, cf. Rh. 1.215S.: τὸ ἀναίσθητον, = ἀναισθησία, 1.69. Adv. -ως Rh. 1.227S. II. Pass., unfelt, θάνατος 2.43. 2. not perceptible by sense, ἀόρατον καὶ ἄλλως ἀ. Ti. 52a, cf. Piet. 20, etc.; ἐν ἀ. χρόνῳ in an unappreciable time, Ph. 222b15, cf. Po. 1450b39.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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