patheticus

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek πᾰθητῐκός (pathētikós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pathēticus (feminine pathētica, neuter pathēticum, adverb pathēticē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (post-Classical) full of pathos, affecting, pathetic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pathēticus pathētica pathēticum pathēticī pathēticae pathētica
Genitive pathēticī pathēticae pathēticī pathēticōrum pathēticārum pathēticōrum
Dative pathēticō pathēticō pathēticīs
Accusative pathēticum pathēticam pathēticum pathēticōs pathēticās pathētica
Ablative pathēticō pathēticā pathēticō pathēticīs
Vocative pathētice pathētica pathēticum pathēticī pathēticae pathētica

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle French: pathétique
  • Portuguese: patético
  • Spanish: patético

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