Ἀπαθῆ
impassive, passionless
Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] painless.1
But Antiphon [uses]a)paqh= the [sc. neuter] plural, [meaning] experiences which did not truly happen.2
Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular]a)paqh/s .
"They say that the wise man is passionless, because of his lack of susceptibility [to passion]. But [they add that] the bad man is another sort of "passionless" one, described as such because he is the equivalent of the harsh and relentless one."3
Also [sc. attested is]a)paqh/s , [in the sense of] he who has no experience of evils. "They remained altogether without experience of evils."4
Also [in the neuter]a)paqe/s . "To be healthy in dying rather than in living."4
But Antiphon [uses]
Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular]
"They say that the wise man is passionless, because of his lack of susceptibility [to passion]. But [they add that] the bad man is another sort of "passionless" one, described as such because he is the equivalent of the harsh and relentless one."3
Also [sc. attested is]
Also [in the neuter]