συμπαθής
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together; syn-”) + πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “experience; emotion, passion; state, condition”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sym.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sym.paˈtʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sym.paˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sym.paˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sim.baˈθis/
Adjective
σῠμπᾰθής • (sŭmpăthḗs) m or f (neuter σῠμπᾰθές); third declension
- affected by like feelings; sympathetic
- exerting mutual influence, interacting; sensitive to influence; exciting sympathy
- (astronomy) (of planets) in concord
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | σῠμπᾰθής sŭmpăthḗs |
σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés |
σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθεῖς sŭmpătheîs |
σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê | ||||||||
| Genitive | σῠμπᾰθοῦς sŭmpăthoûs |
σῠμπᾰθοῦς sŭmpăthoûs |
σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn |
σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn |
σῠμπᾰθῶν sŭmpăthôn |
σῠμπᾰθῶν sŭmpăthôn | ||||||||
| Dative | σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn |
σῠμπᾰθοῖν sŭmpăthoîn |
σῠμπᾰθέσῐ / σῠμπᾰθέσῐν sŭmpăthésĭ(n) |
σῠμπᾰθέσῐ / σῠμπᾰθέσῐν sŭmpăthésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê |
σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés |
σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθεῖς sŭmpătheîs |
σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê | ||||||||
| Vocative | σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés |
σῠμπᾰθές sŭmpăthés |
σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθεῖ sŭmpătheî |
σῠμπᾰθεῖς sŭmpătheîs |
σῠμπᾰθῆ sŭmpăthê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σῠμπᾰθῶς sŭmpăthôs |
σῠμπᾰθέστερος sŭmpăthésteros |
σῠμπᾰθέστᾰτος sŭmpăthéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓σῠμπᾰθής (ăsŭmpăthḗs)
- σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ, σῠμπᾰθῐ́ᾱ (sŭmpắtheiă, sŭmpăthĭ́ā, noun)
- σῠμπᾰθέω (sŭmpăthéō, verb)
Related terms
- σῠμπᾰ́θησῐς (sŭmpắthēsĭs)
References
- “συμπαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press