15/1/13
Useful Word of the Day - PATHOS
From the Ancient Greek “Πάθος” [ Pathos - Path’-os ]
From πάσχω (paskhō, “I feel, suffer”) (aorist: ἔπαθον (epathon)
Quality that arouses sorrow pain and pleasure / a feeling in which the mind suffers and activates the urge to respond to situations, feelings, experiences
It can be used to describe situations than an individual responds to:
a. an affliction of the mind, emotion, passion to do or create or to endure
b. a passionate deed - lust
c. used by the ancient Greeks in either a good or bad sense
d. in the NT in a bad sense, depraved passion, vile passions.
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From the Ancient Greek “Πάθος” [ Pathos - Path’-os ]
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Useful Word of the Day - PATHOS It can be used to describe situations than an individual responds to: a. an affliction...
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