apathia

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

apathīa (genitive apathīae); f, first declension

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

Inflection

Number	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

• English: apathy
• French: apathie
• Russian: апа́тия (apátija) f

References

• apathia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879