πάθος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From παθ- (path-), zero-grade of the root of πᾰ́σχω (páskhō, I feel, suffer).[1] Compare the aorist ἔπαθον (épathon). Related to πένθος (pénthos), as βάθος (báthos) is related to βένθος (bénthos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πᾰ́θος (páthosn (genitive πᾰ́θους or πᾰ́θεος); third declension

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • English: pathos
  • French: pathos
  • Greek: πάθος (páthos)
  • Russian: па́фос (páfos)
  • Ukrainian: па́тос (pátos), па́фос (páfos)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πάθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1142

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.θo̞s/
  • Hyphenation: πά‧θος

Noun

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πάθος (páthosn (plural πάθη)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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