Pa"thos, n. 1. The
quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which
are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and
idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those
which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to
ethos.
2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress
or affliction.
Pa"thos (?), n. [L., from Gr.
pa`qos a suffering, passion, fr. &?;, &?;, to suffer; cf.
&?; toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient.] That
quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites
emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such
as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action,
or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture,
of a poem, or of a cry.
The combination of incident, and the pathos of
catastrophe.
T. Warton.
Pa"thos, n. 1. The
quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which
are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and
idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those
which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to
ethos.
2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress
or affliction.
