How to use -pathic in a sentence
I find no instance in history of that emperor's being a Pathic, though Persius seems to brand him with it.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenHe was the favourite pathic of Cardinal Borghese, and supped every evening with his eminence.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de SeingaltAgain, he observes that it is as easy to recognise a pathic by his impudent behaviour as a gymnast by his muscles.
A Problem in Greek Ethics | John Addington SymondsHe was famous for having been the lover of one of the most exalted Venetian ladies, and at the same time her husband's pathic.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de SeingaltA mighty man thou art, Naso, yet is a man not mighty who doth stoop like thee: Naso thou art mighty—and pathic.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus | Caius Valerius Catullus
British Dictionary definitions for pathic
/ (ˈpæθɪk) /
a catamite
a person who suffers; victim
of or relating to a catamite
of or relating to suffering
Origin of pathic
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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