παθητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παθ- (path-) the root of πάσχω (páskhō, “to suffer”), + -τικός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.tʰɛː.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.tʰe̝.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.θi.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.θi.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.θi.tiˈkos/

Adjective

πᾰθητῐκός • (pathētikós) m (feminine πᾰθητῐκή, neuter πᾰθητῐκόν); first/second declension

Subject to feeling or passion: sensitive
Full of feeling: passionate, sensuous
pathetic
passive, receptive
(grammar) passive

Declension

First and second declension of πᾰθητῐκός; πᾰθητῐκή; πᾰθητῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πᾰθητῐκός pathētikós	πᾰθητῐκή pathētikḗ	πᾰθητῐκόν pathētikón	πᾰθητῐκώ pathētikṓ	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ pathētikā́	πᾰθητῐκώ pathētikṓ	πᾰθητῐκοί pathētikoí	πᾰθητῐκαί pathētikaí	πᾰθητῐκᾰ́ pathētiká
Genitive	πᾰθητῐκοῦ pathētikoû	πᾰθητῐκῆς pathētikês	πᾰθητῐκοῦ pathētikoû	πᾰθητῐκοῖν pathētikoîn	πᾰθητῐκαῖν pathētikaîn	πᾰθητῐκοῖν pathētikoîn	πᾰθητῐκῶν pathētikôn	πᾰθητῐκῶν pathētikôn	πᾰθητῐκῶν pathētikôn
Dative	πᾰθητῐκῷ pathētikôi	πᾰθητῐκῇ pathētikêi	πᾰθητῐκῷ pathētikôi	πᾰθητῐκοῖν pathētikoîn	πᾰθητῐκαῖν pathētikaîn	πᾰθητῐκοῖν pathētikoîn	πᾰθητῐκοῖς pathētikoîs	πᾰθητῐκαῖς pathētikaîs	πᾰθητῐκοῖς pathētikoîs
Accusative	πᾰθητῐκόν pathētikón	πᾰθητῐκήν pathētikḗn	πᾰθητῐκόν pathētikón	πᾰθητῐκώ pathētikṓ	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ pathētikā́	πᾰθητῐκώ pathētikṓ	πᾰθητῐκούς pathētikoús	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ς pathētikā́s	πᾰθητῐκᾰ́ pathētiká
Vocative	πᾰθητῐκέ pathētiké	πᾰθητῐκή pathētikḗ	πᾰθητῐκόν pathētikón	πᾰθητῐκώ pathētikṓ	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ pathētikā́	πᾰθητῐκώ pathētikṓ	πᾰθητῐκοί pathētikoí	πᾰθητῐκαί pathētikaí	πᾰθητῐκᾰ́ pathētiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πᾰθητῐκῶς pathētikôs			πᾰθητῐκώτερος pathētikṓteros			πᾰθητῐκώτᾰτος pathētikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: pathēticus; passīvus (calque)

References

“πᾰθητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“παθητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
παθητικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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