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αἰσθάνομαι

aisthanomai

perceive, apprehend by the senses

Appears 198 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.
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