ἀπαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ πάθος (páthos, “feeling, suffering”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/ → /a.paˈθis/ → /a.paˈθis/

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

Adjective

ἀπαθής • (apathḗs) m or f (neuter ἀπᾰθές); third declension

1. without sensation or suffering
   1. without experience of
      1. unpunished
   2. without passion or feeling, unemotional, insensible, apathetic
      1. (of things) not liable to change, impassive
   3. exciting no feeling, making no impression, unexciting

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓πᾰθής; ᾰ̓πᾰθές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓πᾰθής ăpăthḗs	ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖς ăpătheîs	ᾰ̓πᾰθῆ ăpăthê
Genitive		ᾰ̓πᾰθοῦς ăpăthoûs	ᾰ̓πᾰθοῦς ăpăthoûs		ᾰ̓πᾰθοῖν ăpăthoîn	ᾰ̓πᾰθοῖν ăpăthoîn		ᾰ̓πᾰθῶν ăpăthôn	ᾰ̓πᾰθῶν ăpăthôn
Dative		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî		ᾰ̓πᾰθοῖν ăpăthoîn	ᾰ̓πᾰθοῖν ăpăthoîn		ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐν ăpăthésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐν ăpăthésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓πᾰθῆ ăpăthê	ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖς ăpătheîs	ᾰ̓πᾰθῆ ăpăthê
Vocative		ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés	ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ ăpătheî		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖς ăpătheîs	ᾰ̓πᾰθῆ ăpăthê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓πᾰθῶς ăpăthôs			ᾰ̓πᾰθέστερος ăpăthésteros			ᾰ̓πᾰθέστᾰτος ăpăthéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ᾰ̓πᾰθής; ᾰ̓πᾰθές (uncontracted, Ionic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓πᾰθής ăpăthḗs	ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέε ăpătheî / ăpăthée	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέε ăpătheî / ăpăthée		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖς / ᾰ̓πᾰθέες ăpătheîs / ăpăthées	ᾰ̓πᾰθέᾰ ăpăthéă
Genitive		ᾰ̓πᾰθέος / ᾰ̓πᾰθεῦς ăpăthéos / ăpătheûs	ᾰ̓πᾰθέος / ᾰ̓πᾰθεῦς ăpăthéos / ăpătheûs		ᾰ̓πᾰθέοιν ăpăthéoin	ᾰ̓πᾰθέοιν ăpăthéoin		ᾰ̓πᾰθέων ăpăthéōn	ᾰ̓πᾰθέων ăpăthéōn
Dative		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέῐ̈ ăpătheî / ăpăthéĭ̈	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέῐ̈ ăpătheî / ăpăthéĭ̈		ᾰ̓πᾰθέοιν ăpăthéoin	ᾰ̓πᾰθέοιν ăpăthéoin		ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐν ăpăthésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέσῐν ăpăthésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓πᾰθέᾰ ăpăthéă	ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέε ăpătheî / ăpăthée	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέε ăpătheî / ăpăthée		ᾰ̓πᾰθέᾰς ăpăthéăs	ᾰ̓πᾰθέᾰ ăpăthéă
Vocative		ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés	ᾰ̓πᾰθές ăpăthés		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέε ăpătheî / ăpăthée	ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖ / ᾰ̓πᾰθέε ăpătheî / ăpăthée		ᾰ̓πᾰθεῖς / ᾰ̓πᾰθέες ăpătheîs / ăpăthées	ᾰ̓πᾰθέᾰ ăpăthéă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓πᾰθέως ăpăthéōs			ᾰ̓πᾰθέστερος ăpăthésteros			ᾰ̓πᾰθέστᾰτος ăpăthéstătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀπαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπαθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπαθής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀπαθής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • impunity idem, page 425.
  • scot-free idem, page 741.
  • unaccustomed idem, page 906.
  • unharmed idem, page 920.
  • unhurt idem, page 921.
  • uninjured idem, page 922.
  • unpunished idem, page 928.
  • unscathed idem, page 931.