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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sym.pá.tʰeː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /symˈpa.tʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /symˈpa.θi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /symˈpa.θi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /simˈba.θi.a/
Noun
σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ • (sŭmpắtheiă) f (genitive σῠμπᾰθείᾱς); first declension
- fellow feeling, sympathy
- (philosophy) affection, affinity
- (astronomy) affinity, concord of heavenly bodies
- (grammar) analogy
- (medicine) sympathetic affection of the body
Inflection
| 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 tēî 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 | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- σῠμπᾰθέω (sŭmpăthéō, verb)
- σῠμπᾰ́θησῐς (sŭmpắthēsĭs, noun)
Descendants
Descendants
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)
- fellow feeling, sympathy
Declension
| 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”)