compassio
See also: compassió
Latin
Etymology
From con- + passiō, calque of Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpas.si.oː/, [kɔmˈpäs̠ːioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈpas.si.o/, [komˈpäsːio]
Noun
compassiō f (genitive compassiōnis); third declension
- (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement, compassion
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | compassiō | compassiōnēs |
| Genitive | compassiōnis | compassiōnum |
| Dative | compassiōnī | compassiōnibus |
| Accusative | compassiōnem | compassiōnēs |
| Ablative | compassiōne | compassiōnibus |
| Vocative | compassiō | compassiōnēs |
Related terms
- compassibilis
- compatior
Descendants
- Catalan: compassió
- English: compassion
- French: compassion
- Galician: compaixón
- Italian: compassione
- Occitan: compassion
- Portuguese: compaixão
- Romanian: compasiune
- → Russian: сострада́ние (sostradánije) (calque)
- Spanish: compasión
References
- “compassio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- compassio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- compassio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette