compassio

See also: compassió

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ passiō, calque of Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈpas.si.oː/, [kɔmˈpäs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpas.si.o/, [komˈpäsːio]

Noun

compassiō f (genitive compassiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement, compassion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	compassiō	compassiōnēs
Genitive	compassiōnis	compassiōnum
Dative	compassiōnī	compassiōnibus
Accusative	compassiōnem	compassiōnēs
Ablative	compassiōne	compassiōnibus
Vocative	compassiō	compassiōnēs

Related terms

• compassibilis
• compatior

Descendants

• Catalan: compassió
• English: compassion
• French: compassion
• Galician: compaixón
• Italian: compassione
• Occitan: compassion
• Portuguese: compaixão
• Romanian: compasiune
• → Russian: сострада́ние (sostradánije) (calque)
• Spanish: compasión

References

• “compassio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• compassio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• compassio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.