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πάθος

πάθος, πάθος, πάθους, τό, experience, suffering

πάθος [ᾰ], εος, τό, (πάσχω)
  • that which happens to a person or thing, τὰ ἐν τοῖς κατόπτροις τῆς ὄψεως π. Pl. Tht. 193c; τὰ ἐν τῷ ἀνθρωπίνῳ βίῳ [τῆς ψυχῆς] π. Id. R. 612a; incident, accident, τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα π. Hdt. 5.4; τὸ συντυχὸν π. S. Aj. 313; οὗ τόδʼ ἦν π. where this incident took place, Id. OT 732; ἔξωθεν π. Pl. R. 381a; unfortunate accident, Antipho 3.4.10.
      • 2 what one has experienced, good or bad, experience, τὸν πάθει μάθος θέντα κυρίως ἔχειν A. Ag. 177 (lyr.); τά γʼ ἐμὰ π. my experiences, Pl. Phd. 96a; τὸ δρᾶμα τοῦ πάθους πλέον A. Ag. 533; opp. ἔργα, Pl. Phdr. 245c, Arist. Cael. 298a28; opp. πρᾶξις, Pl. Lg. 876d; ἤθη καὶ π. καὶ πράξεις Arist. Po. 1447a28.
        • b in bad sense, misfortune, calamity, A. Pr. 703, Hdt. 1.91, Lys. 32.10, etc.; οὐλίῳ σὺν πάθει S. Aj. 932 (lyr.); τὰ τῆς Νιόβης π. Pl. R. 380a, etc.; ἀνήκεστον π. ἔρδειν to do an act which is an irreparable mischief to one, Hdt. 1.137; μετὰ τῆς θυγατρὸς τὸ π., i.e. her death, Id. 2.133; π. μέγα πεπονθέναι, of a great defeat, Id. 3.147, cf. 5.87, al.
        • c = πάθημα II.2, Arist. GA 738a16, 750a30, Gal. 10.91.
    • II of the soul, emotion, passion (λέγω δὲ πάθη . . ὅλως οἷς ἕπεται ἡδονὴ ἢ λύπη Arist. EN 1105b21), σοφίη ψυχὴν παθῶν ἀφαιρεῖται Democr. 31; διὰ πάθους Th. 3.84; ἐρωτικὸν π. Pl. Phdr. 265b; π. ποιεῖν to excite passion, Arist. Rh. 1418a12; ἐν π. εἶναι Id. Pol. 1287b3; ἐκτὸς τοῦ π. εἶναι to be exempt from passion, Teles p.56 H.; ἔξω τῶν π. γίγνεσθαι D.C. 60.3; περὶ παθῶν, title of work by Zeno the Stoic, D.L. 7.4; in Epicur., sensation (including pleasure and pain), ἀκουστικὸν π. Ep. 1 p.13 U., cf. p.19 U. (pl.); ὡς κανόνι τῷ π. πᾶν ἀγαθὸν κρίνοντες ib. 3 p.63 U.
    • III state, condition, τὸ τῆς παντοδαπῆς ἀγνοίας π. Pl. Sph. 228e, cf. 243c, Plt. 277d, Ap. 22c; opp. ἐνέργεια, A.D. Synt. 12.17; opp. ποίημα, Pl. Sph. 248d.
      • 2 incidents of things, changes or happenings occurring in them, τὰ οὐράνια π. Pl. Hp.Ma. 285c; τὰ περὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν π. Id. Phd. 96c; τὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ π. καὶ μέρη Arist. Metaph. 986a5; π. τοῦτο, ὃ καλεῖν εἰώθαμεν σεισμόν Id. Mu. 395b36.
      • 3 properties, qualities of things, opp. οὐσία, Pl. Euthphr. 11a; π. λέγεται . . ποιότης καθʼ ἣν ἀλλοιοῦσθαι ἐνδέχεται, οἷον τὸ λευκὸν καὶ τὸ μέλαν, καὶ γλυκὺ καὶ πικρόν, καὶ βαρύτης καὶ κουφότης, κτλ. Arist. Metaph. 1022b15; τῶν ἀριθμῶν π. ib. 985b29; ἀριθμοῖς καὶ γραμμαῖς καὶ τοῖς τούτων π. Iamb. Comm.Math. 23; γεωμετρία περὶ τὰ συμβεβηκότα πάθη τοῖς μεγέθεσι Arist. Rh. 1355b31, cf. APo. 75b1; τῶν φυτῶν τὰ μέρη καὶ τὰ π. Thphr. HP 1.1.1; αἱ δυνάμεις καὶ τὰ π. ib. 8.4.2.
    • IV Gramm., modification in form of words (esp. dialectal), πάθη τῆς λέξεως Arist. Rh. 1460b12, cf. A.D. Pron. 38.24, al.
      • 2 in Syntax, modified construction, of omission or redundancy, Id. Synt. 6.15, 267.8.
        • b passivity, D.T. 637.30, A.D. Synt. 12.17, al.
        • c in writing, signs other than accents and breathings (ἀπόστροφος, ὑφέν, ὑποδιαστολή), D.T. Supp. 1 p.107 U.
    • V Rhet., emotional style or treatment, τὸ σφοδρὸν καὶ ἐνθουσιαστικὸν π. Longin. 8.1; πάθος ποιεῖν Arist. Rh. 1418a12; πράγματα π. ἔχοντα Plu. QConv. 2.711e, etc.: pl., πάθη διεστῶτα ὕψους Longin. 8.2.

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