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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarypa·thos \ˈpā-ˌthäs, -ˌthȯs, -ˌthōs also ˈpa-\ noun ETYMOLOGY Greek, suffering, experience, emotion, from paschein (aorist pathein) to experience, suffer; perhaps akin to Lithuanian kęsti to suffer DATE 15911. an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion2. an emotion of sympathetic pityEnglish Etymologypathos "quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1668, from Gk. pathos"suffering, feeling, emotion," lit. "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," and penthos "grief, sorrow;" from PIE base *kwenth- "to suffer, endure" (cf. O.Irhttp://O.Ir. cessaim, Lith. kenciu"suffer").Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7pathospathos / 5peiWCs; NAmE -WB:s / noun[U] (in writing, speech and plays 文章、讲话和戏剧) the power of a performance, description, etc. to produce feelings of sadness and sympathy 感染力；令人产生悲悯共鸣的力量Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedpa·thos\ˈpāˌthäs also -thȯs or -thōs sometimes ˈpaˌ- or -_thəs\ noun(-es)Etymology: Greek, experience, emotion, passion, suffering, from path-, stem of paschein to experience, suffer; akin to Old Irish cēssaim, cēssim I suffer, Greek penthos grief, sorrow, Latvian cìest to endure, suffer1. a. : an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion < pathos she has, the nearest to tragedy the comedian can come — W.B.Yeats > b. : an emotion of sympathetic pity < felt a stab of pathos — Rex Ingamells >2. : the transient or accidental factor in an event or experience as distinguished from that based on personal character — compare ethos 2 a (2)

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