ἀπάθεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπαθής (apathḗs, “without feeling or suffering”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀπᾰ́θεια • (apắtheia) 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 apátheiă 		αἱ ἀπάθειαι
hai apátheiai
Genitive τῆς ἀπαθείᾱς
tês apatheíās 		τῶν ἀπαθειῶν
tôn apatheiôn
Dative τῇ ἀπαθείᾳ
tēî apatheíāi 		ταῖς ἀπαθείαις
taîs apatheíais
Accusative τὴν ἀπάθειᾰν
tḕn apátheiăn 		τᾱ̀ς ἀπαθείᾱς
tā̀s apatheíās
Vocative ἀπάθειᾰ
apátheiă 		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

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