πάθος

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [pátʰos]
  • (Koine): IPA: [pˈatʰo̞s]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [pˈaθos]

[edit] Noun

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

[edit] Inflection

    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.

[edit] References

[edit] Greek

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos)

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈpaθos]

[edit] Noun

πάθος n. (páthos)   (plural  πάθη (páthi))

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


[edit] Inflection

  Singular Plural
Nominative   το πάθος   τα πάθη
Genitive του πάθους των παθών
Accusative   το πάθος   τα πάθη
Vocative      πάθος        πάθη


[edit] Derived terms

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