aisthắnomai

aisthắnomai αἰσθᾰ́νομαι wahrnehmen

From Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁-, from *h₂ew- (“sehe, wahrnehme”), from which also comes ἀΐω (aḯō). Cognates include Latin audiō (“höre”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”), and Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯s.tʰá.no.mai̯/ → /ɛsˈθa.no.mɛ/ → /esˈθa.no.me/

Verb

αἰσθᾰ́νομαι • (aisthắnomai)

1. (transitive) to perceive, apprehend, notice [with genitive or accusative ‘something’; or with nominativeparticiple ‘oneself doing, that one is doing’; or with genitive ‘someone’ and genitive ‘doing something’; or with ὅτι(hóti) or ὡς (hōs, + verb) ‘that ...’]
2. (ambitransitive) to understand
3. (transitive) to learn