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αἰσθητήριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰσθητήριον

Structure: αἰσθητηρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ai)sqa/nomai

Sense

  1. an organ of sense, the senses, faculties

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἰσθητήριον αἰσθητηρίω αἰσθητήρια
Genitive αἰσθητηρίου αἰσθητηρίοιν αἰσθητηρίων
Dative αἰσθητηρίῳ αἰσθητηρίοιν αἰσθητηρίοις
Accusative αἰσθητήριον αἰσθητηρίω αἰσθητήρια
Vocative αἰσθητήριον αἰσθητηρίω αἰσθητήρια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἆρ’ οὖν ὁμοίωσ ὑγιείασ ἐπιλειπούσησ, αἰσθητηρίου κάμνοντοσ, οὐσίασ ἀπολλυμένησ ἀφρόντιστόσ ἐστι καὶ πρὸσ αὑτὸν οὐδὲν ἡγούμενοσ τούτων ὁ σοφόσ· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 7 6:1)
  • οἱ Στωικοὶ ὁρίζονται οὕτωσ τὴν αἴσθησιν "αἴσθησίσ ἐστιν ἀντίληψισ δι’ αἰσθητηρίου ἢ κατάληψισ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 1:1)
  • πολλαχῶσ δὲ λέγεται ἡ αἴσθησισ τε γὰρ ἕξισ καὶ ἡ δύναμισ καὶ ἡ ἐνέργεια καὶ ἡ φαντασία ἡ καταληπτικὴ δι’ αἰσθητηρίου γίνονται, καὶ · (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 2:1)
  • αἰσθητικαὶ μὲν αἱ δι’ αἰσθητηρίου ἢ αἰσθητηρίων λαμβανόμεναι, οὐκ αἰσθητικαὶ δ’ αἱ διὰ τῆσ διανοίασ καθάπερ τῶν ἀσωμάτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν λόγῳ λαμβανομένων. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 51:2)

Synonyms

  1. an organ of sense

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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