apathia

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia, “insensibility, freedom from emotion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

apathīa f (genitive apathīae); first declension

  1. A freedom from passion or feeling; insensibility; stoicism.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative apathīa apathīae
Genitive apathīae apathīārum
Dative apathīae apathīīs
Accusative apathīam apathīās
Ablative apathīā apathīīs
Vocative apathīa apathīae

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References

  • “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.
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