apathia Latin · revision 9135

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Seneca|origins=grc ἀπάθεια}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [a.paˈtʰiː.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.paˈtiː.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''apathīa''' ''f'' (genitive apathīae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀπάθεια|tr=apátheia|t=insensibility, freedom from emotion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Seneca, whom he dates 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant insensibility, and as a Stoic virtue freedom from emotion, as in Gellius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Through French ''apathie'' it gave [[en|apathy]] about 1600, first “freedom from suffering, passionless existence”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''apathy'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Insensibility; freedom from emotion, [[m|en|apathy]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|apathy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}