αὐτοπαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) +‎ πᾰ́θος (páthos, “suffering”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.to.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/ → /aɸ.to.paˈθis/ → /af.to.paˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.to.pa.tʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.to.paˈtʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.to.paˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.to.paˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.to.paˈθis/

Adjective

αὐτοπᾰθής • (autopathḗs) m or f (neuter αὐτοπᾰθές); third declension

1. self-tormenting
   • 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 8.37
2. (grammar)
   1. (of pronouns) reflexive

      Antonym: ἀλλοπᾰθής (allopathḗs)

      • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 44.11
   2. (of verbs)
      1. intransitive

         Antonym: μετᾰβᾰτῐκός (metabatikós)

         • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 281.15
      2. passive

         Antonym: ἐνεργητῐκός (energētikós)

         • Choerob. 2.19.15

Declension

Third declension of αὐτοπᾰθής; αὐτοπᾰθές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αὐτοπᾰθής autopathḗs	αὐτοπᾰθές autopathés		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî		αὐτοπᾰθεῖς autopatheîs	αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopathê
Genitive		αὐτοπᾰθοῦς autopathoûs	αὐτοπᾰθοῦς autopathoûs		αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopathoîn	αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopathoîn		αὐτοπᾰθῶν autopathôn	αὐτοπᾰθῶν autopathôn
Dative		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî		αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopathoîn	αὐτοπᾰθοῖν autopathoîn		αὐτοπᾰθέσῐ / αὐτοπᾰθέσῐν autopathési(n)	αὐτοπᾰθέσῐ / αὐτοπᾰθέσῐν autopathési(n)
Accusative		αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopathê	αὐτοπᾰθές autopathés		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî		αὐτοπᾰθεῖς autopatheîs	αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopathê
Vocative		αὐτοπᾰθές autopathés	αὐτοπᾰθές autopathés		αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî	αὐτοπᾰθεῖ autopatheî		αὐτοπᾰθεῖς autopatheîs	αὐτοπᾰθῆ autopathê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		αὐτοπᾰθῶς autopathôs			αὐτοπᾰθέστερος autopathésteros			αὐτοπᾰθέστᾰτος autopathéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αὐτοπᾰ́θειᾰ f (autopátheia, noun)
• αὐτοπᾰθητῐκός (autopathētikós, adjective)
• αὐτοπᾰθῶς (autopathôs, adverb)

 

Related terms

• αὐτοπᾰθέω (autopathéō, verb)

Further reading

• “αὐτοπᾰθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αὐτοπαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αὐτοπαθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐτοπᾰθής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “αὐτοπαθής”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn