αἴσθησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯s.tʰɛː.sis/ → /ˈɛs.θi.sis/ → /ˈes.θi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯s.tʰɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tʰe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.θi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈes.θi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈes.θi.sis/

Noun

αἴσθησῐς • (aísthēsĭs) f (genitive αἰσθήσεως); third declension

1. Perception from the senses, feeling, hearing, seeing
2. Perception by the intellect as well as the senses
3. That which is perceived: scent
4. Ability to perceive: discernment
5. Cognition or discernment of moral discernment in ethical matters

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ αἴσθησῐς; τῆς αἰσθήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴσθησῐς hē aísthēsĭs	τὼ αἰσθήσει tṑ aisthḗsei	αἱ αἰσθήσεις hai aisthḗseis
Genitive	τῆς αἰσθήσεως tês aisthḗseōs	τοῖν αἰσθησέοιν toîn aisthēséoin	τῶν αἰσθήσεων tôn aisthḗseōn
Dative	τῇ αἰσθήσει tēî aisthḗsei	τοῖν αἰσθησέοιν toîn aisthēséoin	ταῖς αἰσθήσεσῐ / αἰσθήσεσῐν taîs aisthḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν αἴσθησῐν tḕn aísthēsĭn	τὼ αἰσθήσει tṑ aisthḗsei	τᾱ̀ς αἰσθήσεις tā̀s aisthḗseis
Vocative	αἴσθησῐ aísthēsĭ	αἰσθήσει aisthḗsei	αἰσθήσεις aisthḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• δῐαίσθησῐς (dĭaísthēsĭs)
• ἐπαίσθησῐς (epaísthēsĭs)
• πᾰραίσθησῐς (păraísthēsĭs)
• προαίσθησῐς (proaísthēsĭs)
• σῠναίσθησῐς (sŭnaísthēsĭs)
• σῠνεπαίσθησῐς (sŭnepaísthēsĭs)

Descendants

• Greek: αίσθηση (aísthisi)

References

• “αἴσθησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἴσθησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἴσθησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• αἴσθησις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G144 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apprehension idem, page 36.
  • consciousness idem, page 162.
  • detection idem, page 219.
  • discernment idem, page 229.
  • feeling idem, page 313.
  • grasp idem, page 370.
  • grip idem, page 374.
  • inkling idem, page 442.
  • insight idem, page 444.
  • perception idem, page 607.
  • sensation idem, page 752.
  • sense idem, page 752.
  • understanding idem, page 913.