παθητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.tʰɛː.ti.kós/ → /pa.θi.tiˈkos/ → /pa.θi.tiˈkos/

• (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 • (păthētĭkós) 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

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 păthētĭkós	πᾰθητῐκή păthētĭkḗ	πᾰθητῐκόν păthētĭkón		πᾰθητῐκώ păthētĭkṓ	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ păthētĭkā́	πᾰθητῐκώ păthētĭkṓ		πᾰθητῐκοί păthētĭkoí	πᾰθητῐκαί păthētĭkaí	πᾰθητῐκᾰ́ păthētĭkắ
Genitive		πᾰθητῐκοῦ păthētĭkoû	πᾰθητῐκῆς păthētĭkês	πᾰθητῐκοῦ păthētĭkoû		πᾰθητῐκοῖν păthētĭkoîn	πᾰθητῐκαῖν păthētĭkaîn	πᾰθητῐκοῖν păthētĭkoîn		πᾰθητῐκῶν păthētĭkôn	πᾰθητῐκῶν păthētĭkôn	πᾰθητῐκῶν păthētĭkôn
Dative		πᾰθητῐκῷ păthētĭkôi	πᾰθητῐκῇ păthētĭkêi	πᾰθητῐκῷ păthētĭkôi		πᾰθητῐκοῖν păthētĭkoîn	πᾰθητῐκαῖν păthētĭkaîn	πᾰθητῐκοῖν păthētĭkoîn		πᾰθητῐκοῖς păthētĭkoîs	πᾰθητῐκαῖς păthētĭkaîs	πᾰθητῐκοῖς păthētĭkoîs
Accusative		πᾰθητῐκόν păthētĭkón	πᾰθητῐκήν păthētĭkḗn	πᾰθητῐκόν păthētĭkón		πᾰθητῐκώ păthētĭkṓ	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ păthētĭkā́	πᾰθητῐκώ păthētĭkṓ		πᾰθητῐκούς păthētĭkoús	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ς păthētĭkā́s	πᾰθητῐκᾰ́ păthētĭkắ
Vocative		πᾰθητῐκέ păthētĭké	πᾰθητῐκή păthētĭkḗ	πᾰθητῐκόν păthētĭkón		πᾰθητῐκώ păthētĭkṓ	πᾰθητῐκᾱ́ păthētĭkā́	πᾰθητῐκώ păthētĭkṓ		πᾰθητῐκοί păthētĭkoí	πᾰθητῐκαί păthētĭkaí	πᾰθητῐκᾰ́ păthētĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πᾰθητῐκῶς păthētĭkôs				πᾰθητῐκώτερος păthētĭkṓteros				πᾰθητῐκώτᾰτος păthētĭkṓtătos
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