perceive, apprehend by the senses
αἰσθ-άνομαι(cf.αἴσθομαι), Ion.
3 pl.opt.
A.
αἰσθανοίατο
Ar. Pax 209
:impf. ῃσθανόμην:fut.
αἰσθήσομαι
S. Ph. 75
, etc.; later αἰσθανθήσομαι
LXX Is. 49.26
;αἰσθηθήσομαιib. 33.11 :aor. 2 ᾐσθόμην:pf. ᾔσθημαι: later,aor. 1 ᾐσθησάμηνSch. Arat. 418 ; ᾐσθήθην
LXX Jb. 40.18
: (cf.ἀί̈ω):—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 δ' ἔτ' ὄντανινib. 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. 11 : 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 learnfrom one, Id. 5.2 ; διά τινος
Pl. Tht. 184e
, al.: c. acc., S. El. 89 , Ph. 252 , E. Hel. 653 , 764 , etc.:—freq. withpart.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. etinf., 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 one's 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 byαἴσθησιν παρέχω, cf. αἴσθησις
1
.
III. display feeling, Arist. Po. 1454b37 .
