sympathia

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sumpátheia, fellow feeling), from σῠμπᾰθής (sumpathḗs, affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia, -y, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sympathīa f (genitive sympathīae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. feeling in common, sympathy
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Inflection[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sympathīa sympathīae
Genitive sympathīae sympathīārum
Dative sympathīae sympathīīs
Accusative sympathīam sympathīās
Ablative sympathīā sympathīīs
Vocative sympathīa sympathīae

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle French: sympathie
  • German: Sympathie
  • Portuguese: simpatia
  • Spanish: simpatía

References[edit]

  • sympathia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sympathia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette