εὐαίσθητος

euaisthetos

with quick senses

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 288a13–289a10

289a7
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 781a14–781b29

781b19
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 46 630b18–30

630b21
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 17 660a14–661a30

660a20

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐαίσθητος, ον, (αἰσθάνομαι) A. with quick senses or keen perceptions, περί τι Pl. Lg. 812b; ἐλέφας εὐ. ζῷον Arist. HA 630b21: Comp. -ότερος Pl. Ti. 75c; τῆς καρδίας τὴν ὑπερῴαν -οτέραν ἔχειν Plu. 2.14d: Sup. ὁ ἄνθρωπος -ότατος τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων Arist. PA 660a20; τὸ εὐ., = εὐαισθησία, Gal. 10.387. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν τινός have keen perceptions of . . , Pl. Lg. 670b, cf. 661b: Comp. -οτέρως, ἔχειν περὶ ὥρας καὶ μηνῶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῶν Id. R. 527d. II. of things, easy to perceive, Arist. Cael. 289a7 (Comp.), Plu. 2.956f.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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