ἀπάθεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπαθής (apathḗs, without feeling or suffering) + -εια (-eia)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀπᾰ́θεια (apátheia) f (genitive ἀπᾰθείᾱς); first declension

  1. want of sensation, impassibility
  2. (of persons) insensibility, apathy
    1. (among the Stoics) calmness, dispassionateness
  3. absence of suffering or pain

Inflection

Antonyms

Descendants

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.