συμπάθεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σῠμπᾰθῐ́ᾱ (sumpathíā)

Etymology

From σῠμπᾰθής (sumpathḗs, affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, -y, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ • (sumpátheia) f (genitive σῠμπᾰθείᾱς); first declension

  1. fellow feeling, sympathy
  2. (philosophy) affection, affinity
    1. (music) (of chords) vibrating together
  3. (astronomy) affinity, concord of heavenly bodies
  4. (grammar) analogy
  5. (medicine) sympathetic affection of the body

Inflection

  • σῠμπᾰθέω (sumpathéō, verb)
  • σῠμπᾰ́θησῐς (sumpáthēsis, noun)

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Greek

Noun

συμπάθεια • (sympátheia) f (plural συμπάθειες)

  1. fellow feeling, sympathy

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