αἴσθησις
Etym. αἰσθάνομαι
I. "perception by the senses", αἴσθ. πημάτων "perception, sense of" calamities, Eur.— The phrase αἴσθησιν ἔχειν is used
1. of persons, αἴσθ. ἔχειν τινός, ῀ αἰσθάνεσθαί τινος or τι, "to have a perception of" a thing, "perceive" it, Plat.
2. of things, "to give a perception", i. e. "to become perceptible", serving as a Pass. to αἰσθάνομαι, Thuc.; more freq. αἴσθησιν παρέχειν id=Thuc., Xen.
II. "one of the senses", Plat.: and in pl. "the senses", id=Plat.
III. "a perception", αἰσθήσεις θεῶν "visions" of the gods, id=Plat.
2. in hunting, "the scent", Xen.