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φαντα^σί-α , , verbal noun of φαντάζομαι and (in sense) of φαίνομαι,
A.appearing, appearance, = τὸ φαίνεσθαι, πάντες ἐφίενται τοῦ φαινομένου ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς δὲ φ. οὐ κύριοι do not control the appearing, Arist.EN 1114a32; usu. with less verbal force, appearance, presentation to consciousness, whether immediate or in memory, whether true or illusory, “φαίνεται μὲν ἥλιος ποδιαῖος, ἀντίφησι δὲ πολλάκις ἕτερόν τι πρὸς τὴν φ.Id.Insomn.460b19; τοῦ γάλακτος φ. the appearance of the milky way, Id.Mete.339a35; “ τοῦ προσώπου φ.Phld.Acad.Ind. p.50 M.; esp. of visual images, ἐπεὶ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] Arist. de An.429a2; κατοπτρικὴ φ. image reflected in a mirror, Placit.3.1.2; 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, Pl.Tht.152c, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.21; “ταῦτα ἔστι μέν τι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὧν ἐμποιεῖ τὴν φ.Arist.Metaph.1024b24; “ φ. ἐστὶν αἴσθησίς τις ἀσθενής . . κἂν τῷ ἐλπίζοντι ἀκολουθοῖ ἂν φ. τις οὗ ἐλπίζειId.Rh.1370a28; “αἱ [αἰσθήσεις] ἀληθεῖς ἀεί, αἱ δὲ φ. γίνονται αἱ πλείους ψευδεῖςId.de An.428a12; “φ. ἀληθεῖς ἁπάσαςEpicur.Fr.254; “ἀπελθόντων τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἔνεισιν αἱ αἰσθήσεις καὶ φ. ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητηρίοιςArist. de An.425b25; διὰ τὸ ἐμμένειν [τὰς φ.] καὶ ὁμοίας εἶναι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι ib.429a5; “τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλοιουμένης ἐξ ἧς γίνεσθαι τὴν φ.Thphr.Sens.63; “ἐλέγχειν τὰς ἀλλήλων φ. καὶ δόξαςPl.Tht.161e; freq. in later Philos. esp. in meaning psychic image, Epicur.Ep.1p.12U., S.E.M.7.152, M.Ant.4.24, al.; defined as “τύπωσις ἐν ψυχῇChrysipp.Stoic.2.23; “φ. καταληπτικήZeno Stoic. 1.17, etc.; [“φ. κ.] ἢν κριτήριον εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων φασί, τὴν γιγνομένην ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος κατ᾽ αὐτὸ τὸ ὑπάρχον ἐναπεσφραγισμένηνStoic. 2.21, cf. 26, al.; διανοητικαὶ φ. mental images, Cic.Fam.15.16.1; “νυκτεριναὶ φ.Phlp. in de An.486.13, cf. Gp.12.17.15; apparition, Arist.Mir.846a37.
2. imagination, i.e. the re-presentation of appearances or images, primarily derived from sensation (cf. “αἴσθησις11), ὅταν μὴ καθ᾽ αὑτὸ ἀλλὰ δι᾽ αἰσθήσεως παρῇ τινι τὸ τοιοῦτον αὖ πάθος (sc. δόξα ἆρ᾽ οἷόν τε ὀρθῶς εἰπεῖν ἕτερόν τι πλὴν φ.; . . "φαίνεται" δὲ λέγομεν (i.e. φαντασία)“ σύμμειξις αἰσθήσεως καὶ δόξηςPl.Sph.264a, 264b; “οὐδὲ δόξα μετ᾽ αἰσθήσεως οὐδὲ δι᾽ αἰσθήσεως οὐδὲ συμπλοκὴ δόξης καὶ αἰσθήσεως φ. ἂν εἴηArist. de An. 428a26; φ. καθ᾽ ἣν λέγομεν φάντασμά τι ἡμῖν γίγνεσθαι ib.428a1; “ἔστι δὲ φ. ὑπὸ τῆς κατ᾽ ἐνέργειαν αἰσθήσεως γινομένη κίνησιςId.Insomn.459a17, cf. de An.429a1; εἰ ἔστι καὶ τοῦτο [τὸ νοεῖν] φ. τις μὴ ἄνευ φ. ib.403a8; c. gen., “μέλλοντος κακοῦId.Rh.1382a21, cf. 1370a30, b33, al.; “αἰσχροῦ φ.Cic.Att.9.6.5; also “περὶ ἀδοξίας φ. ἐστὶν αἰσχύνηArist.Rh.1384a23; γίγνεται ἑκάστῳ φ. ὅτι τοιοῦτός [ἐστι] ib.1371a9; “ κατὰ τὴν σύλληψιν φ. τῆς γυναικόςPlacit.5.12.2, cf. Sor.1.39 (pl.); τὰ πρὸς τὴν φ. χρώματα colours as judged by the φ., apparent colours, Placit.1.15.8; φωτίζεσθαι πρὸς τὴν φ. ib.2.28.6.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (23):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.16.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.6.5
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 12.83
    • New Testament, Acts, 25.23
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 161e
    • Plato, Sophist, 264a
    • Plato, Sophist, 264b
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 152c
    • Polybius, Histories, 11.27.7
    • Polybius, Histories, 14.2.4
    • Polybius, Histories, 15.25.22
    • Polybius, Histories, 16.21.1
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    • Polybius, Histories, 18.10.7
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    • Polybius, Histories, 5.48.9
    • Philostratus the Athenian, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, 6.19
    • Marcus Aurelius, M. Antonius Imperator Ad Se Ipsum, 4.24
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