sympathia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sumpátheia, “fellow feeling”), from σῠμπᾰθής (sumpathḗs, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-y”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sym.paˈtʰiː.a/, [s̠ʏmpäˈt̪ʰiːä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sim.paˈti.a/, [simpäˈt̪iːä]

Noun

sympathīa f (genitive sympathīae); first declension (Late Latin)

feeling in common, sympathy

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Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sympathīa	sympathīae
Genitive	sympathīae	sympathīārum
Dative	sympathīae	sympathīīs
Accusative	sympathīam	sympathīās
Ablative	sympathīā	sympathīīs
Vocative	sympathīa	sympathīae

Descendants

→ Middle French: sympathie
- → English: sympathy
- → French: sympathy
→ German: Sympathie
→ Portuguese: simpatia
→ Spanish: simpatía

References

“sympathia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sympathia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.