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πᾰθ-αίνω

pathaino

make pathetic

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What it meant

πᾰθ-αίνω · path-ainō — LSJ

make pathetic, fill with emotion, speak with passionate gestures, to be subject to passion, emotionally affected

make pathetic, τὰ μὴ ἔχοντα πάθος Corn. Rh. p.388 H.; fill with emotion, τοὺς ἀκροωμένους D.H. Dem. 18, cf. 20, Th. 23:— Med., aor. ἐπαθηνάμην Luc. Am. 29; speak with passionate gestures, σύ μοι χολὴν κινεῖς παθαινομένη Men. Epit. 587, cf. D.H. 3.73, D.C. 51.12; of an orator, D.H. Lys. 9, Plu. Virt.mor. 2.447f, Luc. l.c.; of a dancer, AP 5.128 (Autom.); of a musician, Plu. QConv. 2.713a:—Pass., to be subject to passion or emotionally affected, π. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν Porph. Abst. 1.42, cf. Sent. 29

II to be subject to external influences

in Pass., to be subject to external influences, Olymp. in Mete. 9.28, Simp. in Cat. 316.12.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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