apathia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia, “insensibility, freedom from emotion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.paˈtʰiː.a/, [äpäˈt̪ʰiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.paˈti.a/, [äpäˈt̪iːä]

Noun

apathīa f (genitive apathīae); first declension

1. A freedom from passion or feeling; insensibility; stoicism.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	apathīa	apathīae
Genitive	apathīae	apathīārum
Dative	apathīae	apathīīs
Accusative	apathīam	apathīās
Ablative	apathīā	apathīīs
Vocative	apathīa	apathīae

Synonyms

• (insensibility): dūritia, immōbilitās

Descendants

• Catalan: apatia
• English: apathy
• French: apathie
• Galician: apatía
• Italian: apatia
• Portuguese: apatia
• Spanish: apatía

References

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