συμπάθεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σῠμπᾰθῐ́ᾱ (sŭmpăthĭ́ā)

Etymology

From σῠμπᾰθής (sŭmpăthḗs, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-y”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.pá.tʰeː.a/ → /symˈpa.θi.a/ → /simˈba.θi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.pá.tʰeː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /symˈpa.tʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /symˈpa.θi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /symˈpa.θi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /simˈba.θi.a/

Noun

σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ • (sŭmpắtheiă) f (genitive σῠμπᾰθείᾱς); first declension

1. fellow feeling, sympathy
2. (philosophy) affection, affinity
   1. (music) (of chords) vibrating together
3. (astronomy) affinity, concord of heavenly bodies
4. (grammar) analogy
5. (medicine) sympathetic affection of the body

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ; τῆς σῠμπᾰθείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ hē sŭmpắtheiă	τὼ σῠμπᾰθείᾱ tṑ sŭmpătheíā	αἱ σῠμπᾰ́θειαι hai sŭmpắtheiai
Genitive	τῆς σῠμπᾰθείᾱς tês sŭmpătheíās	τοῖν σῠμπᾰθείαιν toîn sŭmpătheíain	τῶν σῠμπᾰθειῶν tôn sŭmpătheiôn
Dative	τῇ σῠμπᾰθείᾳ têi sŭmpătheíāi	τοῖν σῠμπᾰθείαιν toîn sŭmpătheíain	ταῖς σῠμπᾰθείαις taîs sŭmpătheíais
Accusative	τὴν σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰν tḕn sŭmpắtheiăn	τὼ σῠμπᾰθείᾱ tṑ sŭmpătheíā	τᾱ̀ς σῠμπᾰθείᾱς tā̀s sŭmpătheíās
Vocative	σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ sŭmpắtheiă	σῠμπᾰθείᾱ sŭmpătheíā	σῠμπᾰ́θειαι sŭmpắtheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• σῠμπᾰθέω (sŭmpăthéō, verb)
• σῠμπᾰ́θησῐς (sŭmpắthēsĭs, noun)

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: συμπάθεια (sympátheia)
• → Latin: sympathīa
  • → Middle French: sympathie
    • French: sympathie
    • → Dutch: sympathie
    • → English: sympathy
    • → Polish: sympatia
      • → Russian: симпа́тия f (simpátija), сочу́вствие n inan (sočúvstvije) (calque)
  • → German: Sympathie
  • → Italian: simpatia
  • → Portuguese: simpatia
  • → Spanish: simpatía
  • → Swedish: sympati
• → Finnish: sympatia
• → Serbo-Croatian: simpatija

References

• “συμπάθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• συμπάθεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

συμπάθεια • (sympátheia) f (plural συμπάθειες)

1. fellow feeling, sympathy

Declension

Declension of συμπάθεια

	singular	plural
nominative	συμπάθεια (sympátheia)	συμπάθειες (sympátheies)
genitive	συμπάθειας (sympátheias)	συμπαθειών (sympatheión)
accusative	συμπάθεια (sympátheia)	συμπάθειες (sympátheies)
vocative	συμπάθεια (sympátheia)	συμπάθειες (sympátheies)

Antonyms

• αντιπάθεια (antipátheia)

Related terms

• συμπαθητικός (sympathitikós, “sympathetic”)
• συμπαθώ (sympathó, “to sympathise”)
• συμπάσχω (sympáscho, “to empathise”)