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πᾰθ-ητικός

pathetikos

capable of emotion

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πᾰθ-ητικός · path-ētikos — LSJ

capable of emotion, capable of feeling

capable of emotion, δύναμις Ti.Locr. 102e, cf. Porph. Abst. 2.39, Jul. Or. 6.183d: c. gen. rei, capable of feeling, Arist. EN 1105b24.

2 sensuous, impassioned, pathetic, symptoms of emotion, emotional style

sensuous, impassioned, pathetic, ἐποποιία Id. Po. 1459b9; λέξις Id. Rh. 1408a10; ἐκ τῶν π. λέγειν describe the symptoms of emotion, ib. 1417a36; τὸ π. emotional style, Cic. Orat. 37. Adv. -κῶς, λέγειν Arist. Rh. 1408a24; π. εἰρῆσθαι ib. 1395a21.

II receptive, passive, affective, emotional, liable to πάθη, passively, without resistance, effort

receptive, passive, opp. ποιητικός, Id. GC 324a7, Metaph. 1021a15, Ph. 255a35, al.; π. ποιότητες affective, Id. Cat. 9a28; τὸ π. μόριον (sc. τῆς ψυχῆς) emotional, Id. Pol. 1254b8, cf. Ph. 202a23, al.; liable to πάθη, [ζῷα] Thphr. CP 1.22.3; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φανταστικὸν καὶ π. Zeno Stoic. 1.56. Adv. -κῶς, σώματα π. κινούμενα passively, without resistance or effort, Plu. Col. 2.1111e; χωρεῖν Iamb. Myst. 1.18.

2 passive, in the passive

Gramm., passive, ῥήματα D.H. Amm. 2.2, cf. 7, A.D. Synt. 150.19, al. Adv. -κῶς in the passive, ib. 276.20.

3

Astrol., π. ζῴδιον, = παθικόν, Vett.Val. 113.24. Adv. -κῶς Ptol. Tetr. 172.

4 morbid

π. στέγνωσις morbid constriction of the pores, Sor. 1.29.

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