ἀπάθεια

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English (LSJ)

[πᾰ], ἡ,

   A impassibility, of things, opp. πάθος, Arist.Ph.217b26, Metaph.1046a13: pl., opp. πάθη, Epicur.Ep.1p.25U., S.E.M.10.224.    II of persons, insensibility, apathy, Arist.EN1104b24, de An.429a29; ἀ. τῶν κακῶν insensibility to .., Thphr.HP9.15.1; ἀ. περί τι Arist.APo.97b23, Rh.1383b16.    2 as Stoic term, freedom from emotion, Dionys.Stoic.3.35, cf. Arr.Epict.4.6.34, al., Plu.2.82f; spelt ἀπαθία in Antip.Stoic.3.109, Phld.Sto.Herc.339.7.    III absence of injury, σῴζεσθαι δι' ἀπάθειαν ἀνακαμπτόμενα for the sake of immunity, Arist.PA682b21.