φαντᾰσί-α, ἡ,
verbal noun of φαντάζομαι and (in sense) of φαίνομαι, appearing, appearance, ={τὸ φαίνεσθαι}, πάντες ἐφίενται τοῦ φαινομένου ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς δὲ φ. οὐ κύριοι do not control the appearing, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1114a32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; usually with less verbal force, appearance, presentation to consciousness, whether immediate or in memory, whether true or illusory, φαίνεται μὲν ὁ ἥλιος ποδιαῖος, ἀντίφησι δὲ πολλάκις ἕτερόν τι πρὸς τὴν φ. [[ [prev. author] “Insomn.” 460b19 ] Refs]; ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος φ. the appearance of the milky way, [[ [prev. author] “Mete.” 339a35; ἡ τοῦ προσώπου φ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.50 ] Refs 1st c.BC+] M.; especially of visual images, ἐπεὶ ἡ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 429a2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατοπτρικὴ φ. image reflected in a mirror, [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 3.1.2] Refs]; also of other sense=perceptions, φ. καὶ αἴσθησις ταὐτὸν ἔν τε θερμοῖς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοιούτοις appearance is the same as perception, whether we are talking of hot things or of anything else like them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 152c, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.21; ταῦτα ἔστι μέν τι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὧν ἐμποιεῖ τὴν φ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1024b24; ἡ φ. ἐστὶν αἴσθησίς τις ἀσθενής.. κἂν τῷ ἐλπίζοντι ἀκολουθοῖ ἂν φ. τις οὗ ἐλπίζει [prev. author] “Rh.” 1370a28; αἱ [αἰσθήσεις] ἀληθεῖς ἀεί, αἱ δὲ φ. γίνονται αἱ πλείους ψευδεῖς [prev. author] “de An.” 428a12; φ. ἀληθεῖς ἁπάσας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 254; ἀπελθόντων τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἔνεισιν αἱ αἰσθήσεις καὶ φ. ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητηρίοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 425b25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὸ ἐμμένειν [τὰς φ.] καὶ ὁμοίας εἶναι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι[[ [prev. work] 429a5; τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλοιουμένης ἐξ ἧς γίνεσθαι τὴν φ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 63; ἐλέγχειν τὰς ἀλλήλων φ. καὶ δόξας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in later Philos. especially in meaning psychic image, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.12U., 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.152, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 4.24, +others; defined as τύπωσις ἐν ψυχῇ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.23; φ. καταληπτική 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.17, etc.; [φ. κ.] ἢν κριτήριον εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων φασί, τὴν γιγνομένην ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος κατ᾽ αὐτὸ τὸ ὑπάρχον ἐναπεσφραγισμένην “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.21, compare 26, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; διανοητικαὶ φ. mental images, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 15.16.1; νυκτεριναὶ φ. 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus in “de An.” 486.13,compare “Geoponica” 12.17.15] Refs 1st c.BC+]; apparition, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 846a37. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]