συμπαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together; syn-”) +‎ πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “experience; emotion, passion; state, condition”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sym.paˈtʰe̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sym.paˈθis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sym.paˈθis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sim.baˈθis/

Adjective

σῠμπᾰθής • (sŭmpăthḗs) m or f (neuter σῠμπᾰθές); third declension

affected by like feelings; sympathetic
exerting mutual influence, interacting; sensitive to influence; exciting sympathy
(astronomy) (of planets) in concord

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Inflection

Third declension of σῠμπᾰθής; σῠμπᾰθές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σῠμπᾰθής sŭmpăthḗs	σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖς sŭmpătheîs	σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê
Genitive	σῠμπᾰθοῦς sŭmpăthoûs	σῠμπᾰθοῦς sŭmpăthoûs	σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn	σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn	σῠμπᾰθῶν sŭmpăthôn	σῠμπᾰθῶν sŭmpăthôn
Dative	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn	σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn	σῠμπᾰθέσῐ / σῠμπᾰθέσῐν sŭmpăthésĭ(n)	σῠμπᾰθέσῐ / σῠμπᾰθέσῐν sŭmpăthésĭ(n)
Accusative	σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê	σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖς sŭmpătheîs	σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê
Vocative	σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés	σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖς sŭmpătheîs	σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	σῠμπᾰθῶς sŭmpăthôs		σῠμπᾰθέστερος sŭmpăthésteros		σῠμπᾰθέστᾰτος sŭmpăthéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓σῠμπᾰθής (ăsŭmpăthḗs)
σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ, σῠμπᾰθῐ́ᾱ (sŭmpắtheiă, sŭmpăthĭ́ā, noun)
σῠμπᾰθέω (sŭmpăthéō, verb)

Related terms

σῠμπᾰ́θησῐς (sŭmpắthēsĭs)

References

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