Liddell–Scott–Jones: φαντᾰσί-α

φαντᾰσί-α,ἡ, verbal noun ofφαντάζομαιand (in sense) ofφαίνομαι,

A. appearing, appearance,

= τὸ φαίνεσθαι, πάντες ἐφίενται τοῦ φαινομένου ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς δὲ φ. οὐ κύριοι do not control theappearing,

Arist. EN 1114a32 ; usu. with less verbal force,appearance, presentationto consciousness, whether immediate or in memory, whether true or illusory, φαίνεται μὲν ὁ ἥλιος ποδιαῖος, ἀντίφησι δὲ πολλάκις ἕτερόν τι πρὸς τὴν φ.

Id. Insomn. 460b19

;ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος φ.theappearanceof the milky way, Id. Mete. 339a35 ; ἡ τοῦ προσώπου φ.

Phld. Acad.Ind. p.50

M.; esp. of visualimages, ἐπεὶ ἡ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] Arist. de An. 429a2 ;κατοπτρικὴ φ. imagereflected in a mirror, Placit. 3.1.2 ; also of other sense=perceptions,φ. καὶ αἴσθησις ταὐτὸν ἔν τε θερμοῖς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοιούτοις appearanceis the same as perception, whether we are talking of hot things or of anything elselikethem, Pl. Tht. 152c , cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.21 ; ταῦτα ἔστι μέν τι, ἀλλ' οὐχ ὧν ἐμποιεῖ τὴν φ.

Arist. Metaph. 1024b24

; ἡ φ. ἐστὶν αἴσθησίς τις ἀσθενής . . κἂν τῷ ἐλπίζοντι ἀκολουθοῖ ἂν φ. τις οὗ ἐλπίζει