παθικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰ́θος (páthos, “passivity”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.tʰi.kós/ → /pa.θiˈkos/ → /pa.θiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.tʰi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.tʰiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.θiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.θiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.θiˈkos/

Adjective

πᾰθῐκός • (pathikós) m or f (neuter πᾰθῐκόν); second declension

1. (in a sexual intercourse) Remaining passive.

Inflection

Second declension of πᾰθῐκός; πᾰθῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰθῐκός pathikós	πᾰθῐκόν pathikón		πᾰθῐκώ pathikṓ	πᾰθῐκώ pathikṓ		πᾰθῐκοί pathikoí	πᾰθῐκᾰ́ pathiká
Genitive		πᾰθῐκοῦ pathikoû	πᾰθῐκοῦ pathikoû		πᾰθῐκοῖν pathikoîn	πᾰθῐκοῖν pathikoîn		πᾰθῐκῶν pathikôn	πᾰθῐκῶν pathikôn
Dative		πᾰθῐκῷ pathikôi	πᾰθῐκῷ pathikôi		πᾰθῐκοῖν pathikoîn	πᾰθῐκοῖν pathikoîn		πᾰθῐκοῖς pathikoîs	πᾰθῐκοῖς pathikoîs
Accusative		πᾰθῐκόν pathikón	πᾰθῐκόν pathikón		πᾰθῐκώ pathikṓ	πᾰθῐκώ pathikṓ		πᾰθῐκούς pathikoús	πᾰθῐκᾰ́ pathiká
Vocative		πᾰθῐκέ pathiké	πᾰθῐκόν pathikón		πᾰθῐκώ pathikṓ	πᾰθῐκώ pathikṓ		πᾰθῐκοί pathikoí	πᾰθῐκᾰ́ pathiká
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰθῐκῶς pathikôs			πᾰθῐκώτερος pathikṓteros			πᾰθῐκώτᾰτος pathikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰθῐκεύομαι (pathikeúomai)

Descendants

• → Latin: pathicus
• → English: pathic

References

• “παθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παθικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παθικός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften