Pathos

pa'thos, n. That which excites emotions and pa ions, esp. tender emotions pathetic quality. [Gr., suffering, deep feeling, pathein, to suffer Gr. pothos, a yearning, penthos, grief, jionos, work, pone in, to work, suffer, E. span, spin, patient.) — Pathet'ic, a. Affecting the tender emotions, as or grief; moving, touching. [OF. pathetique, E'.ty pathetic us Gr. pathetikos, pathetos, subject to suffering.] — Pathetically, adv. — Pathog'no my, -no-mY, n. Science of the signs by which human pa ions are indicated. [Gr. gnome, means of knowing, judgment, fr. gnonai, to know.] — Pathognomonic, a. {Med.) Characteristic of a disease. — Pathol'ogy. -o-jt, n. {Med.) That part of the science of medicine which treats of the nature, causes, and symptoms of diseases. [F. pathologie; Gr. logos, discourse.] — Pathologist, n. One versed in, etc. —Path olog'ic, -ical, -loj'ik-al, a. Pert, to pathology or to disease.