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 • (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

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
		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