παθητικός
pathetikos
capable of emotion
Appears 96 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παθητικός, ή, όν, A. capable of emotion, δύναμις 102e, cf. Abst. 2.39, Or. 6.183d: c. gen. rei, capable of feeling, EN 1105b24. 2. sensuous, impassioned, pathetic, ἐποποιία Po. 1459b9; λέξις Rh. 1408a10; ἐκ τῶν π. λέγειν describe the symptoms of emotion, ib.1417a36; τὸ π. emotional style, Orat. 37. Adv. -κῶς, λέγειν Rh. 1408a24; π. εἰρῆσθαι ib.1395a21. II. receptive, passive, opp. ποιητικός, GC 324a7, Metaph. 1021a15, Ph. 255a35, al.; π. ποιότητες affective, Cat. 9a28; τὸ π. μόριον (sc. τῆς ψυχῆς) emotional, Pol. 1254b8, cf. Ph. 202a23, al.; liable to πάθη, [ζῷα] CP 1.22.3; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φανταστικὸν καὶ π. 1.56. Adv. -κῶς, σώματα π. κινούμενα passively, without resistance or effort, 2.1111e; χωρεῖν Myst. 1.18. 2. Gramm., passive, ῥήματα Amm. 2.2, cf. 7, Synt. 150.19, al. Adv. -κῶς in the passive, ib.276.20. 3. Astrol., π. ζῴδιον, = παθικόν, Vett. Val.113.24. Adv. -κῶς Tetr. 172. 4. π. στέγνωσις morbid constriction of the pores, 1.29.
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