αἴσθ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
sense-perception, sensation, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ σώματος ἡ αἴ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς αἴσθησιν
perceptibly, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]: in
plural,
the senses, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; δι᾽ ἑπτὰ σχημάτων αἱ αἰ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ὄψεως ἤ τινος ἄλλῃς αἰ. [
Refs];
organ or
seat of sensation, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴ. πημάτων
perception, sense of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of
pain, [
Refs]; also of the mind,
perception, knowledge of a thing, ἐν αἰ. γενέσθαι τινός[
Refs 1st c.AD+]; αἴ. ἔχειν τινός, ={αἰσθάνεσθαί τινος}, have
a perception of a thing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —also of things, αἴσθησιν ἔχειν give
a perception, i.e. become
perceptible, serving as
passive to αἰσθάνομαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴ. παρέχειν τινός furnish
the means of observing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) in object. sense,
impressions of sense, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
stage-effects, Po. [
Refs]; αἰσθήσεις θεῶν
visible appearances of the gods, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
display of feeling, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3) in hunting,
scent, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]—Confined to Prose in early writers, except [
Refs 5th c.BC+]