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Greek Noun Female

φαντασία, -ας, ἡ (φαντάζω), [in LXX: Zec.10:1 (חֲזִיז), חֲזִיז), Hab.2:18-19 3:10, Wis.18:17 *;] 1) as philos. term, (a) imagination; (b) = φάντασμα (Plat, Arist.). 2) In later writers (Polyb, al.), show, display: Act.25:23. (AS)

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Greek Noun Female

φαντᾰσί-α, ἡ, verbal noun of φαντάζομαι and (in sense) of φαίνομαι, appearing, appearance, ={τὸ φαίνεσθαι}, πάντες ἐφίενται τοῦ φαινομένου ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς δὲ φ. οὐ κύριοι do not control the appearing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; usually with less verbal force, appearance, presentation to consciousness, whether immediate or in memory, whether true or illusory, φαίνεται μὲν ὁ ἥλιος ποδιαῖος, ἀντίφησι δὲ πολλάκις ἕτερόν τι πρὸς τὴν φ. [Refs]; ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος φ. the appearance of the milky way, [Refs 1st c.BC+] M; especially of visual images, ἐπεὶ ἡ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατοπτρικὴ φ. image reflected in a mirror, [Refs]; also of other sense=perceptions, φ. καὶ αἴσθησις ταὐτὸν ἔν τε θερμοῖς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοιούτοις appearance is the same as perception, whether we are talking of hot things or of anything else like them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὸ ἐμμένειν [τὰς φ.] καὶ ὁμοίας εἶναι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in later Philos. especially in meaning psychic image, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διανοητικαὶ φ. mental images, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; apparition, [Refs 4th c.BC+] b) less scientifically, appearance, ἐμποιοῦντα τὴν φ. (i.e. τοῦ ἐλέγχειν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συναύξειν τὴν φ. [τῆς νίκης] [Refs]; ζῷα. μέχρι φ. φαινόμενα (in a conjuring trick) [Refs 1st c.AD+] 2) imagination, i.e. the re-presentation of appearances or images, primarily derived from sensation [Refs] ἆρ᾽ οἷόν τε ὀρθῶς εἰπεῖν ἕτερόν τι πλὴν φ. φαίνεται δὲ ὃ λέγομεν (i.e. φαντασία) σύμμειξις αἰσθήσεως καὶ δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. καθ᾽ ἣν λέγομεν φάντασμά τι ἡμῖν γίγνεσθαι[Refs]; with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ [Refs]; αἰσχροῦ φ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γίγνεται ἑκάστῳ φ. ὅτι τοιοῦτός [ἐστι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ πρὸς τὴν φ. χρώματα colours as judged by the φ, apparent colours, [Refs] 2.b) in Aristotle, faculty of imagination, both presentative and representative, opposed to αἴσθησις, [φ.] οὐκ ἔστιν αἴσθησις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. ἕτερον καὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ διανοίας· αὐτή τε οὐ γίγνεται ἄνευ αἰσθήσεως καὶ ἄνευ ταύτης οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόληψις[Refs] 2.c) creative imagination, φ. σοφωτέρα μιμήσεως δημιουργός [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 3) the use of imagery in literature, τεθορύβηται ταῖς φ. μᾶλλον ἢ δεδείνωται [Refs 1st c.AD+] 4) prestige, reputation, μεγάλην ἐφείλκετο φ. ὡς μόνος εἰδὼς τί λέγει [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; parade, ostentation, ποιέειν μηδὲν περιέργως μηδὲ μετὰ φαντασίης [NT+5th c.BC+]

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Noun Feminine

(properly abstract) a (vain) show ("fantasy"); pomp; from a derivative of g5324 (φαντάζω)