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ἀσυμπαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσυμπαθής ἀσυμπαθές

Structure: ἀσυμπαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. without sympathy with

Examples

  • "οἱ δὲ τὰσ ἀτρέπτουσ καὶ ἀσυμπαθεῖσ ἀτόμουσ εἰσ ταὐτὸ συνελαύνοντεσ ἐξ αὐτῶν μὲν οὐδέν, αὐτῶν δὲ πολλὰσ ποιοῦσι καὶ συνεχεῖσ πληγάσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 10 1:9)
  • οὕτωσ καὶ ἡμεῖσ παραβαπτισταί, λόγῳ μὲν Ιοὐδαῖοι, ἔργῳ δ’ ἄλλο τι, ἀσυμπαθεῖσ πρὸσ τὸν λόγον, μακρὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ χρῆσθαι τούτοισ ἃ λέγομεν, ἐφ’ οἷσ ὡσ εἰδότεσ αὐτὰ ἐπαιρόμεθα. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 21:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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