παθητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

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

  1. Subject to feeling or passion: sensitive
  2. Full of feeling: passionate, sensuous
  3. pathetic
  4. passive, receptive
  5. (grammar) passive

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: pathēticus; passīvus (calque)

References

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