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patheticus

patheticus

Latin

Adjective

pathēticus m ‎(feminine pathētica, neuter pathēticum); first/second declension

(post-classical) full of pathos, affecting, pathetic

Declension

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	pathēticus	pathētica	pathēticum		pathēticī	pathēticae	pathētica
genitive	pathēticī	pathēticae	pathēticī		pathēticōrum	pathēticārum	pathēticōrum
dative	pathēticō	pathēticae	pathēticō		pathēticīs
accusative	pathēticum	pathēticam	pathēticum		pathēticōs	pathēticās	pathētica
ablative	pathēticō	pathēticā	pathēticō		pathēticīs
vocative	pathētice	pathētica	pathēticum		pathēticī	pathēticae	pathētica

Derived terms

pathēticē

Descendants

Middle French: pathétique
Portuguese: patético
Spanish: patético

References

păthētĭcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “păthētĭcus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,125/1.