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Webster 1913 Edition
Pathic
Path′ic
(păth′ĭc)
, Noun.
[L.
pathicus
, Gr. παθικός
, passive, fr. παθεῖν
, πάσχεῖν
, to suffer] A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite.
[R.]
B. Jonson.
☞ The term “crime against nature” to refer to homosexual activity is now (2002) seldom used except by religious conservatives. It was in the 1913 Webster, and is left here for historical purposes.
Path′ic
,Adj.
[Gr.
παθικός
.] Passive; suffering.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pathic
PATH'IC
,Noun.