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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰ́σχω (páskhō, “to undergo”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pá.tʰɛː/ → /ˈpa.θi/ → /ˈpa.θi/
Noun
πᾰ́θη • (páthē) f (genitive πᾰ́θης); first declension
- (in neutral sense) what is done or what happens to a person
- (in negative sense) suffering, misfortune
Inflection
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “neutral”): πρᾶξῐς (prâxis)
- (antonym(s) of “negative”): εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ (eutukhíā)
Noun
πάθη • (páthē)
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of πάθος (páthos)
References
- “πάθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πάθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πάθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.