πάθος

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Ancient Greek [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From πάσχω (paskhō, “I feel, suffer”) (aorist: ἔπαθον (epathon)). Also see πένθος (penthos).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

πάθος (genitive πάθεος, πάθους) n, third declension; (pathos)

  1. pain, suffering, death
  2. misfortune, calamity, disaster, misery
  3. any strong feeling, passion
  4. condition, state
  5. incident
  6. modification of words

Inflection [edit]

Third declension of πάθος, πάθεος (uncontracted)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πάθος πάθεε πάθεᾰ
Genitive πάθεος παθέοιν παθέων
Dative πάθεϊ παθέοιν πάθεσσῐ(ν)
Accusative πάθος πάθεε πάθεᾰ
Vocative πάθος πάθεε πάθεᾰ
This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. πάθεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.
Third declension of πάθος, πάθους (contracted)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πάθος πάθει πάθη
Genitive πάθους παθοῖν παθῶν
Dative πάθει παθοῖν πάθεσῐ(ν)
Accusative πάθος πάθει πάθη
Vocative πάθος πάθει πάθη
The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.

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Greek [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈpaθos]
  • Hyphenation: πά‧θος

Noun [edit]

πάθος (páthos) n,   plural πάθη

  1. pathos
  2. empathy
  3. disease, misfortune, suffering, loss, grief
  4. passion, affection
  5. animosity
  6. grudge
  7. occurrence, accident

Inflection [edit]

declension of πάθος
singular (ενικός) plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική) πάθος πάθη
genitive (γενική) πάθους παθών
accusative (αιτιατική) πάθος πάθη
vocative (κλητική) πάθος πάθη

Derived terms [edit]

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