πάθος
Alt. πάθος, [α^], ος, εος, τό,
Etym. παθεῖν
I. "anything that befalls one, an incident, accident", Hdt., Soph.
2. "what one has suffered, one's experience", Aesch.; in pl., Plat.: —commonly in bad sense, "a suffering, misfortune, calamity", Hdt., Aesch., etc.; ἀνήκεστον π. ἔρδειν to do "an" irreparable "mischief", Hdt.
II. of the soul, "a passion, emotion", such as love, hate, etc., Thuc., Plat., etc.
III. "any passive state, a condition, state", Plat.: in pl. "the incidents or changes to which" things "are liable", τὰ περὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν π. id=Plat., etc.
IV. "a pathetic mode of expression, pathos", Arist.