ἀπαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ πάθος (páthos, “feeling, suffering”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.paˈtʰes/
(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, f (neuter ἀπαθές); third declension

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
Derived forms	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	ἀπαθέᾰ apathéa	ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀπαθεῖ / ἀπαθέε apatheî / apathée	ἀπαθεῖς apatheîs	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
Derived forms	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 (2006–2019)
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, 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.

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