- αἴσθησις
- αἴσθησις, εως, ἡ (Pre-Socr., Eur. et al.; Epict., Herm. Wr.; LXX, esp. Pr; Philo; Jos., Bell. 7, 69, C. Ap. 2, 178; Test12Patr; SibOr Fgm. 3, 23; Just.; Mel., Fgm. 2; Ath., R. 56, 17 al.)① capability of being affected by external stimuli, perception, sensation (EpArist 213) Dg 2:9 (w. λογισμός ‘reasoning’).② capacity to understand, discernment (cp. Iren. 1, 15, 2 [Harv. I 149, 3]) denoting moral understanding (cp. αἰσθητήριον and ABonhöffer, Epikt. u. d. NT 1911, 105), beside ἐπίγνωσις, ‘insight’: περισσεύειν ἐν … πάσῃ αἰσθήσει εἰς τὸ … abound in insight and thorough discernment, so that … Phil 1:9.—B 1020. DELG s.v. 1. ἀί̈ω. M-M. TW. Sv.
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