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παθητικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παθητικός παθητική παθητικόν

Structure: παθητικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: paqei=n

Sense

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

Examples

  • ταὐτὸ δὴ τοῦτο ἀναγκαῖον πάσχειν καὶ τοὺσ ἐλεήμονασ καὶ τοὺσ φοβητικοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ ὅλωσ παθητικούσ, τοὺσ ἄλλουσ καθ’ ὅσον ἐπιβάλλει τῶν τοιούτων ἑκάστῳ, καὶ πᾶσι γίγνεσθαί τινα κάθαρσιν καὶ κουφίζεσθαι μεθ’ ἡδονῆσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 115:1)

Synonyms

  1. passive

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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