Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παθητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παθητός παθητή παθητόν

Structure: παθητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: paqei=n

Sense

  1. one who has suffered: subject to passion
  2. destined to suffer

Examples

  • "οὕτωσ ἡμῖν ὁ οὐράνιοσ Ἔρωσ ἔσοπτρα καλῶν καλά, θνητὰ μέντοι θεῶν παθητὰ καὶ νοητῶν αἰσθητὰ μηχανώμενοσ ἔν τε σχήμασι καὶ χρώμασι καὶ εἴδεσι νέων ὡρ́ᾳ στίλβοντα δείκνυσι καὶ κινεῖ τὴν μνήμην ἀτρέμα διὰ τούτων ἀναφλεγομένην τὸ πρῶτον. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 19 3:19)
  • εἰσι ψυχῆσ αἳ δ’ εἰσ θνητὰ καὶ παθητὰ παρεισίασιν ὄργανα ἄφθαρτοι φθαρτῶν αὐταὶ σωμάτων, ἐν ταύταισ τὸ τῆσ δυαδικῆσ καὶ ἀορίστου μερίδοσ ἐπιφαίνεται μᾶλλον εἶδοσ, τὸ δὲ τῆσ ἁπλῆσ καὶ μοναδικῆσ ἀμυδρότερον ὑποδέδυκεν. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 26 1:1)
  • οἱ ἀπὸ Θάλεω καὶ Πυθαγόρου παθητὰ τὰ σώματα καὶ τμητὰ εἰσ ἄπειρον. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 1)
  • μεθ’ ὃν παθητὰ πῦρ ἀέρα ὕδωρ τελευταίαν δὲ γῆν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. destined to suffer

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

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