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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀπαθής (apathḗs, “without feeling or suffering”) + -εια (-eia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pá.tʰeː.a/ → /aˈpa.θi.a/ → /aˈpa.θi.a/
Noun
ἀπᾰ́θεια • (apátheia) f (genitive ἀπᾰθείᾱς); first declension
- want of sensation, impassibility
- (of persons) insensibility, apathy
- (among the Stoics) calmness, dispassionateness
- absence of suffering or pain
Inflection
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “want of sensation”): πάθος (páthos)
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