αὐτοπαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) +‎ πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “suffering”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.to.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/ → /aɸ.to.paˈθis/ → /af.to.paˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.to.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.to.paˈtʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.to.paˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.to.paˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.to.paˈθis/

Adjective

αὐτοπᾰθής • (autopăthḗs) m or f (neuter αὐτοπᾰθές); third declension

1. self-tormenting
   • 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 8.37
2. (grammar)
   1. (of pronouns) reflexive

      Antonym: ἀλλοπᾰθής (allopăthḗs)

      • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 44.11
   2. (of verbs)
      1. intransitive

         Antonym: μετᾰβᾰτῐκός (metăbătĭkós)

         • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 281.15
      2. passive

         Antonym: ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)

         • Choerob. 2.19.15

Declension

Third declension of αὐτοπᾰθής; αὐτοπᾰθές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αὐτοπᾰθής autopăthḗs	αὐτοπᾰθές autopăthés		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî		αὐτοπᾰθεῖς autopătheîs	αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopăthê
Genitive		αὐτοπᾰθοῦς autopăthoûs	αὐτοπᾰθοῦς autopăthoûs		αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopăthoîn	αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopăthoîn		αὐτοπᾰθῶν autopăthôn	αὐτοπᾰθῶν autopăthôn
Dative		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî		αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopăthoîn	αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopăthoîn		αὐτοπᾰθέσῐ / αὐτοπᾰθέσῐν autopăthésĭ(n)	αὐτοπᾰθέσῐ / αὐτοπᾰθέσῐν autopăthésĭ(n)
Accusative		αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopăthê	αὐτοπᾰθές autopăthés		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî		αὐτοπᾰθεῖς autopătheîs	αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopăthê
Vocative		αὐτοπᾰθές autopăthés	αὐτοπᾰθές autopăthés		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopătheî		αὐτοπᾰθεῖς autopătheîs	αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopăthê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		αὐτοπᾰθῶς autopăthôs			αὐτοπᾰθέστερος autopăthésteros			αὐτοπᾰθέστᾰτος autopăthéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αὐτοπᾰ́θειᾰ f (autopắtheiă, noun)
• αὐτοπᾰθητῐκός (autopăthētĭkós, adjective)
• αὐτοπᾰθῶς (autopăthôs, adverb)

Related terms

• αὐτοπᾰθέω (autopăthéō, verb)

Further reading

• “αὐτοπᾰθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αὐτοπαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αὐτοπαθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐτοπᾰθής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “αὐτοπαθής”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn