Aristotle Greek Lexicon πάθη

πάθη

pathe

passive state

Appears 224 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πάθη, , A. passive state, Pl. Ti. 80b; what is done or happens to a person orthing, opp. πρᾶξις, Id. Lg. 903b, cf. Epin. 983d; τὰς ἐκεῖ . . π. what happened there, S. Aj. 295; πᾶσαν τὴν ἑωντοῦ π. all that had happened to him, Hdt. 1.122. 2. suffering, misfortune, Pi. P. 3.42,97 (pl.), S. OC 7, etc.; πάθαι, opp. εὐτυχίαι, Hdt. 3.40; ἡ π. τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν blindness, Id. 2.111; of morbid affections, τὰς π. τὰς ἐν τῷ ὀστέῳ γινομένας Hp. VC 13; ἡ τοῦ πνίγους π. suffocation, Pl. Phlb. 32a, cf. Lg. 728c, 865e, 866b.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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