αἰσθητικός

See also: αισθητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

of or for perception of the senses; sensitive, perceptive
(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 aisthētĭkōî	αἰσθητῐκῇ aisthētĭkēî	αἰσθητῐκῷ aisthētĭkōî	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
Derived forms	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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- sentient idem, page 753.