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αἴσθησις 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.

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