Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἐμπαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμπαθής ἐμπαθές

Structure: ἐμπαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pa/qos

Sense

  1. in a state of emotion, much affected by or at

Examples

  • "οὐ γὰρ Πυθαγόρᾳ γε τούτων οὐδὲ Ξενοκράτει διαιτητῇ χρηστέον, Ἀνταγόρᾳ δὲ τῷ ποιητῇ καὶ Φιλοξένῳ τῷ Ἐρύξιδοσ καὶ τῷ ζωγράφῳ Ἀνδροκύδει, ὅν φασι τὴν Σκύλλαν ζωγραφοῦντα τοὺσ περὶ αὐτὴν ἰχθῦσ ἐμπαθέστατα καὶ ζωτικώτατα δι’ ὀψοφαγίαν ἐξεργάσασθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 10:16)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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