συμπαθ-έω,
to be sympathetically affected, δοκεῖ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα συμπαθεῖν ἀλλήλοις [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 808b11; ξ. κεφαλῇ τὰ μέσα 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.33] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.11.8. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 with dative person, sympathize with, τοῖς φίλοις [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 66. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 with dative of things, sympathize in, feel for, ἀτυχίαις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.112 (uncertain), cf. NT.Heb.4.15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 1, etc. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__4 absolutely, feel sympathy, [[ [prev. author] “Tim.” 14, “IG” 14.760 (Naples, 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐκ τοῦ παθεῖν γίγνωσκε καὶ τὸ συμπαθεῖν· καὶ σοὶ γὰρ ἄλλος συμπαθήσεται παθών (future middle in active sense) [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 230, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.33. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]