αἰσθητικός

See also: αισθητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs, “perception, sensation”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯s.tʰɛː.ti.kós/ → /ɛs.θi.tiˈkos/ → /es.θi.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯s.tʰɛː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛs.tʰe̝.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛs.θi.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /es.θi.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /es.θi.tiˈkos/

Adjective

αἰσθητῐκός • (aisthētĭkós) m (feminine αἰσθητῐκή, neuter αἰσθητῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for perception of the senses; sensitive, perceptive
2. (of things) perceptible

Inflection

First and second declension of αἰσθητῐκός; αἰσθητῐκή; αἰσθητῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αἰσθητῐκός aisthētĭkós	αἰσθητῐκή aisthētĭkḗ	αἰσθητῐκόν aisthētĭkón		αἰσθητῐκώ aisthētĭkṓ	αἰσθητῐκᾱ́ aisthētĭkā́	αἰσθητῐκώ aisthētĭkṓ		αἰσθητῐκοί aisthētĭkoí	αἰσθητῐκαί aisthētĭkaí	αἰσθητῐκᾰ́ aisthētĭkắ
Genitive		αἰσθητῐκοῦ aisthētĭkoû	αἰσθητῐκῆς aisthētĭkês	αἰσθητῐκοῦ aisthētĭkoû		αἰσθητῐκοῖν aisthētĭkoîn	αἰσθητῐκαῖν aisthētĭkaîn	αἰσθητῐκοῖν aisthētĭkoîn		αἰσθητῐκῶν aisthētĭkôn	αἰσθητῐκῶν aisthētĭkôn	αἰσθητῐκῶν aisthētĭkôn
Dative		αἰσθητῐκῷ aisthētĭkôi	αἰσθητῐκῇ aisthētĭkêi	αἰσθητῐκῷ aisthētĭkôi		αἰσθητῐκοῖν aisthētĭkoîn	αἰσθητῐκαῖν aisthētĭkaîn	αἰσθητῐκοῖν aisthētĭkoîn		αἰσθητῐκοῖς aisthētĭkoîs	αἰσθητῐκαῖς aisthētĭkaîs	αἰσθητῐκοῖς aisthētĭkoîs
Accusative		αἰσθητῐκόν aisthētĭkón	αἰσθητῐκήν aisthētĭkḗn	αἰσθητῐκόν aisthētĭkón		αἰσθητῐκώ aisthētĭkṓ	αἰσθητῐκᾱ́ aisthētĭkā́	αἰσθητῐκώ aisthētĭkṓ		αἰσθητῐκούς aisthētĭkoús	αἰσθητῐκᾱ́ς aisthētĭkā́s	αἰσθητῐκᾰ́ aisthētĭkắ
Vocative		αἰσθητῐκέ aisthētĭké	αἰσθητῐκή aisthētĭkḗ	αἰσθητῐκόν aisthētĭkón		αἰσθητῐκώ aisthētĭkṓ	αἰσθητῐκᾱ́ aisthētĭkā́	αἰσθητῐκώ aisthētĭkṓ		αἰσθητῐκοί aisthētĭkoí	αἰσθητῐκαί aisthētĭkaí	αἰσθητῐκᾰ́ aisthētĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αἰσθητῐκῶς aisthētĭkôs				αἰσθητῐκώτερος aisthētĭkṓteros				αἰσθητῐκώτᾰτος aisthētĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• εὐαισθητῐκός (euaisthētĭkós)
• σῠναισθητῐκός (sŭnaisthētĭkós)

Descendants

• Czech: estetický
• German: ästhetisch
  • Dutch: esthetisch
  • Hungarian: esztétikus
• French: esthétique
• Italian: estetico
• Irish: aeistéitic
• Piedmontese: estétich
• Polish: estetyczny
• Portuguese: estético
• Russian: эстетический (estetičeskij)
• Spanish: estético
• Ukrainian: естетичний (estetyčnyj)

References

• “αἰσθητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἰσθητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἰσθητικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰσθητικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • sentient idem, page 753.