ἀπάθεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπαθής (apathḗs, “without feeling or suffering”) +‎ -εια (-eia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pá.tʰeː.a/ → /aˈpa.θi.a/ → /aˈpa.θi.a/

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

Noun

ἀπᾰ́θεια • (apátheia) f (genitive ἀπᾰθείᾱς); first declension

1. want of sensation, impassibility
2. (of persons) insensibility, apathy
   1. (among the Stoics) calmness, dispassionateness
3. absence of suffering or pain

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀπάθειᾰ; τῆς ἀπαθείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπάθειᾰ hē apátheia	αἱ ἀπάθειαι hai apátheiai
Genitive	τῆς ἀπαθείᾱς tês apatheíās	τῶν ἀπαθειῶν tôn apatheiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀπαθείᾳ têi apatheíāi	ταῖς ἀπαθείαις taîs apatheíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀπάθειᾰν tḕn apátheian	τᾱ̀ς ἀπαθείᾱς tā̀s apatheíās
Vocative	ἀπάθειᾰ apátheia	ἀπάθειαι apátheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “want of sensation”): πάθος (páthos)

Descendants

• Greek: απάθεια (apátheia)
• → Georgian: აპათია (aṗatia)
• → Latin: apathīa (see there for further descendants)
• → Latvian: apātija
• → Russian: апа́тия (apátija)

Further reading

• “ἀπάθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπάθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπάθεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπάθεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)