Etymology
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pathos (n.)

"quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1660s, from Greek pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion, calamity," literally "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," pathein "to suffer, feel," penthos "grief, sorrow;" from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer."

Entries linking to pathos

*kwent(h)- 

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to suffer."

It forms all or part of: anthropopathy; antipathy; apathy; empathy; idiopathy; nepenthe; osteopathy; -path; pathetic; -pathic; patho-; pathogenic; pathognomonic; pathology; pathos; -pathy; psychopathic; sympathy.

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion, calamity," penthos "grief, sorrow;" Old Irish cessaim "I suffer;" Lithuanian kenčiu, kentėti "to suffer," pakanta "patience."

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Definitions of pathos

pathos (n.)
a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow);
the film captured all the pathos of their situation
Synonyms: poignancy
pathos (n.)
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others;
Synonyms: commiseration / pity / ruth
pathos (n.)
a style that has the power to evoke feelings;
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near pathos

pathologic

pathological

pathologist

pathology

pathophysiology

pathos

pathway

-pathy

patience

patient

patina

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