pathetic Copy link Outline 1. flēbĭlis, e (plaintive; full of tearful emotion)2. *păthētĭcus (Gr. παθητικός· calculated to excite the passions3. oft. best to expr. by circuml. • pathetic: 1. flēbĭlis, e (plaintive; full of tearful emotion): p. (moving) strains, f. modi, Hor. Od. 2, 9, 9: cf. Nägels. Stil. p. 321. 2. *păthētĭcus (Gr. παθητικός· calculated to excite the passions: late, and suitable only for critical language): Macr. S. 4, 1, et pass. 3. oft. best to expr. by circuml.: a p. strain, *cantus aptus commovendis animis (affectibus), Nägels. l. c.; aptus ad misericordiam movendam; aptus ad mentes hominum ad misericordiam incitandas: cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 12, 53. (N.B.--By no means movens, or commovens, absol.: v. Nägels. l. c.)
PATHETIC Copy link • PATHETICmovens; animum movena, pellens, tangens; vim movendi habeas; ad movendum compositus, factus.