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, [
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. [
Refs]; ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος φ. the
appearance of the milky way, [
Refs 1st c.BC+] M; especially of visual
images, ἐπεὶ ἡ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατοπτρικὴ φ.
image reflected in a mirror, [
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, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὸ ἐμμένειν [τὰς φ.] καὶ ὁμοίας εἶναι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in later Philos. especially in meaning psychic
image, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; διανοητικαὶ φ. mental
images, [
Refs 1st c.BC+];
apparition, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
b) less scientifically,
appearance, ἐμποιοῦντα τὴν φ. (i.e. τοῦ ἐλέγχειν) [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συναύξειν τὴν φ. [τῆς νίκης] [
Refs]; ζῷα. μέχρι φ. φαινόμενα (in a conjuring trick) [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2)
imagination, i.e. the
re-presentation of appearances or images, primarily derived from sensation [
Refs] ἆρ᾽ οἷόν τε ὀρθῶς εἰπεῖν ἕτερόν τι πλὴν φ. φαίνεται δὲ ὃ λέγομεν (i.e. φαντασία) σύμμειξις αἰσθήσεως καὶ δόξης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. καθ᾽ ἣν λέγομεν φάντασμά τι ἡμῖν γίγνεσθαι[
Refs]; with
genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ [
Refs]; αἰσχροῦ φ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; γίγνεται ἑκάστῳ φ. ὅτι τοιοῦτός [ἐστι[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ πρὸς τὴν φ. χρώματα colours as judged by the φ,
apparent colours, [
Refs]
2.b) in Aristotle,
faculty of imagination, both presentative and representative, opposed to αἴσθησις, [φ.] οὐκ ἔστιν αἴσθησις [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. ἕτερον καὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ διανοίας· αὐτή τε οὐ γίγνεται ἄνευ αἰσθήσεως καὶ ἄνευ ταύτης οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόληψις[
Refs]
2.c)
creative imagination, φ. σοφωτέρα μιμήσεως δημιουργός [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3) the
use of imagery in literature, τεθορύβηται ταῖς φ. μᾶλλον ἢ δεδείνωται [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
4)
prestige, reputation, μεγάλην ἐφείλκετο φ. ὡς μόνος εἰδὼς τί λέγει [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
parade, ostentation, ποιέειν μηδὲν περιέργως μηδὲ μετὰ φαντασίης [
NT+5th c.BC+]