00144: 144. 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.