συμπαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sun-, “with, together; syn-”) +‎ πᾰ́θος (páthos, “experience; emotion, passion; state, condition”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/ → /sym.paˈθis/ → /sim.baˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sym.paˈtʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sym.paˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sym.paˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sim.baˈθis/

Adjective

σῠμπᾰθής • (sumpathḗs) m or f (neuter σῠμπᾰθές); third declension

1. affected by like feelings; sympathetic
2. exerting mutual influence, interacting; sensitive to influence; exciting sympathy
3. (astronomy) (of planets) in concord

Inflection

Third declension of σῠμπᾰθής; σῠμπᾰθές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σῠμπᾰθής sumpathḗs	σῠμπᾰθές sumpathés		σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî		σῠμπᾰθεῖς sumpatheîs	σῠμπᾰθῆ sumpathê
Genitive		σῠμπᾰθοῦς sumpathoûs	σῠμπᾰθοῦς sumpathoûs		σῠμπᾰθοῖν sumpathoîn	σῠμπᾰθοῖν sumpathoîn		σῠμπᾰθῶν sumpathôn	σῠμπᾰθῶν sumpathôn
Dative		σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî		σῠμπᾰθοῖν sumpathoîn	σῠμπᾰθοῖν sumpathoîn		σῠμπᾰθέσῐ / σῠμπᾰθέσῐν sumpathési(n)	σῠμπᾰθέσῐ / σῠμπᾰθέσῐν sumpathési(n)
Accusative		σῠμπᾰθῆ sumpathê	σῠμπᾰθές sumpathés		σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî		σῠμπᾰθεῖς sumpatheîs	σῠμπᾰθῆ sumpathê
Vocative		σῠμπᾰθές sumpathés	σῠμπᾰθές sumpathés		σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî	σῠμπᾰθεῖ sumpatheî		σῠμπᾰθεῖς sumpatheîs	σῠμπᾰθῆ sumpathê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		σῠμπᾰθῶς sumpathôs			σῠμπᾰθέστερος sumpathésteros			σῠμπᾰθέστᾰτος sumpathéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓σῠμπᾰθής (asumpathḗs)
• σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ, σῠμπᾰθῐ́ᾱ (sumpátheia, sumpathíā, noun)
• σῠμπᾰθέω (sumpathéō, verb)

Related terms

• σῠμπᾰ́θησῐς (sumpáthēsis)

References

• “συμπαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press