ἀπαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- + πάθος (pathos, “feeling, suffering”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /apatʰɛ͜ɛ́s/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /apatʰéːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /apaθís/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /apaθís/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /apaθís/

Adjective

ἀπαθής m, ἀπαθής f, ἀπαθές n; third declension; (apathēs)

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

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀπαθής	ἀπαθές		ἀπαθεῖ	ἀπαθεῖ		ἀπαθεῖς	ἀπαθῆ
Genitive	ἀπαθοῦς	ἀπαθοῦς		ἀπαθοῖν	ἀπαθοῖν		ἀπαθῶν	ἀπαθῶν
Dative	ἀπαθεῖ	ἀπαθεῖ		ἀπαθοῖν	ἀπαθοῖν		ἀπαθέσι(ν)	ἀπαθέσι(ν)
Accusative	ἀπαθῆ	ἀπαθές		ἀπαθεῖ	ἀπαθεῖ		ἀπαθεῖς	ἀπαθῆ
Vocative	ἀπαθές	ἀπαθές		ἀπαθεῖ	ἀπαθεῖ		ἀπαθεῖς	ἀπαθῆ

This paradigm comes from a contracted epsilon. Note that the accusative plural (ἀπαθεῖς) does not follow the normal pattern for third declension, but rather takes on the form of the nominative.

References

• LSJ eighth edition