apathia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia, “insensibility, freedom from emotion”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.paˈtʰiː.a/, [äpäˈt̪ʰiːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.paˈti.a/, [äpäˈt̪iːä]
Noun edit
apathīa f (genitive apathīae); first declension
- A freedom from passion or feeling; insensibility; stoicism.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | apathīa | apathīae |
Genitive | apathīae | apathīārum |
Dative | apathīae | apathīīs |
Accusative | apathīam | apathīās |
Ablative | apathīā | apathīīs |
Vocative | apathīa | apathīae |
Synonyms edit
- (insensibility): dūritia, immōbilitās
Descendants edit
References edit
- “apathia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apathia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.