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 ἀπᾰθές); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἀ̆πᾰθής; ἀ̆πᾰθές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆πᾰθής apathḗs	ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖς apatheîs	ἀ̆πᾰθῆ apathê
Genitive		ἀ̆πᾰθοῦς apathoûs	ἀ̆πᾰθοῦς apathoûs		ἀ̆πᾰθοῖν apathoîn	ἀ̆πᾰθοῖν apathoîn		ἀ̆πᾰθῶν apathôn	ἀ̆πᾰθῶν apathôn
Dative		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî		ἀ̆πᾰθοῖν apathoîn	ἀ̆πᾰθοῖν apathoîn		ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐ / ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐν apathési(n)	ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐ / ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐν apathési(n)
Accusative		ἀ̆πᾰθῆ apathê	ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖς apatheîs	ἀ̆πᾰθῆ apathê
Vocative		ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés	ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ apatheî		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖς apatheîs	ἀ̆πᾰθῆ apathê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆πᾰθῶς apathôs			ἀ̆πᾰθέστερος apathésteros			ἀ̆πᾰθέστᾰτος apathéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἀ̆πᾰθής; ἀ̆πᾰθές (uncontracted, Ionic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆πᾰθής apathḗs	ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέε apatheî / apathée		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖς / ἀ̆πᾰθέες apatheîs / apathées	ἀ̆πᾰθέᾰ apathéa
Genitive		ἀ̆πᾰθέος / ἀ̆πᾰθεῦς apathéos / apatheûs	ἀ̆πᾰθέος / ἀ̆πᾰθεῦς apathéos / apatheûs		ἀ̆πᾰθέοιν apathéoin	ἀ̆πᾰθέοιν apathéoin		ἀ̆πᾰθέων apathéōn	ἀ̆πᾰθέων apathéōn
Dative		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέῐ̈ apatheî / apathéï	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέῐ̈ apatheî / apathéï		ἀ̆πᾰθέοιν apathéoin	ἀ̆πᾰθέοιν apathéoin		ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐ / ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐν apathési(n)	ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐ / ἀ̆πᾰθέσῐν apathési(n)
Accusative		ἀ̆πᾰθέᾰ apathéa	ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέε apatheî / apathée		ἀ̆πᾰθέᾰς apathéas	ἀ̆πᾰθέᾰ apathéa
Vocative		ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés	ἀ̆πᾰθές apathés		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀ̆πᾰθεῖ / ἀ̆πᾰθέε apatheî / apathée		ἀ̆πᾰθεῖς / ἀ̆πᾰθέες apatheîs / apathées	ἀ̆πᾰθέᾰ apathéa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆πᾰθέως apathéōs			ἀ̆πᾰθέστερος apathésteros			ἀ̆πᾰθέστᾰτος apathéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “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.