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 ἀπαθές); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἀπαθής; ἀπαθές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀπαθής apathḗs	ἀπαθές apathés		ἀπαθεῖ apatheî	ἀπαθεῖ apatheî		ἀπαθεῖς apatheîs	ἀπαθῆ apathê
Genitive		ἀπαθοῦς apathoûs	ἀπαθοῦς apathoûs		ἀπαθοῖν apathoîn	ἀπαθοῖν apathoîn		ἀπαθῶν apathôn	ἀπαθῶν apathôn
Dative		ἀπαθεῖ apatheî	ἀπαθεῖ apatheî		ἀπαθοῖν apathoîn	ἀπαθοῖν apathoîn		ἀπαθέσῐ / ἀπαθέσῐν apathési(n)	ἀπαθέσῐ / ἀπαθέσῐν apathési(n)
Accusative		ἀπαθῆ apathê	ἀπαθές apathés		ἀπαθεῖ apatheî	ἀπαθεῖ apatheî		ἀπαθεῖς apatheîs	ἀπαθῆ apathê
Vocative		ἀπαθές apathés	ἀπαθές apathés		ἀπαθεῖ apatheî	ἀπαθεῖ apatheî		ἀπαθεῖς apatheîs	ἀπαθῆ apathê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀπαθῶς apathôs			ἀπαθέστερος apathésteros			ἀπαθέστᾰτος apathéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἀπαθής; ἀπαθές (uncontracted, Ionic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀπαθής apathḗs	ἀπαθές apathés		ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée		ἀπαθεῖς / ἀπαθέες apatheîs / apathées	ἀπαθέᾰ apathéa
Genitive		ἀπαθέος / ἀπαθεῦς apathéos / apatheûs	ἀπαθέος / ἀπαθεῦς apathéos / apatheûs		ἀπαθέοιν apathéoin	ἀπαθέοιν apathéoin		ἀπαθέων apathéōn	ἀπαθέων apathéōn
Dative		ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέῐ̈ apatheî / apathéï	ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέῐ̈ apatheî / apathéï		ἀπαθέοιν apathéoin	ἀπαθέοιν apathéoin		ἀπαθέσῐ / ἀπαθέσῐν apathési(n)	ἀπαθέσῐ / ἀπαθέσῐν apathési(n)
Accusative		ἀπαθέᾰ apathéa	ἀπαθές apathés		ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée		ἀπαθέᾰς apathéas	ἀπαθέᾰ apathéa
Vocative		ἀπαθές apathés	ἀπαθές apathés		ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée		ἀπαθεῖς / ἀπαθέες apatheîs / apathées	ἀπαθέᾰ apathéa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀπαθέως apathéōs			ἀπαθέστερος apathésteros			ἀπαθέστᾰτος apathéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “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 (2006–2024)
• “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.