P a s c h ô
     
     
  • I. - have something done to one, suffer, opp. do, hoss' erxan t' epathon te Hom. Od. 8.490
  • II.1. - to have something happen to one, to be or come to be in a state or case.
  • II 2.- of the influence of passion or feeling, to be affected in a certain way, be (or come to be) in a certain state of mind.
  • III.1. - frequently with Advbs., kakôs paschein or pathein to be in evil plight, unlucky, Hom. Hom. Od. 16.275, Hdt. 3.146, etc. ; freq. with an Adj., kaka, aina, lugra paschô, Hom. Il. 3.99, au=Hom. Il. 22.431, Hdt. 9.37 ; in Hom. also with Subst., algea, kêdea, pêmata, aekêlia erga, Hom. Il. 20.297, Hom. Od. 17.555, Hom. Il. 5.886, au=Hom. Il. 18.77
  • III. 2. - without Adv., with reference to evil, used for kakôs or kakapaschô, mala poll' epathon kai poll' emogêsa Hom. Hom. Od. 5.223, cf. Hom. Il. 23.607 ; ei ken mala polla pathoi au=Hom. Il. 22.220. Phrases : mê ti pathêis or pathoi, lest thou, lest he suffer any ill, Hom. Od. 17.596, Hom. Il. 5.567, cf. au=Hom. Il. 11.470, etc. ; mê ti pathômen au=Hom. Il. 13.52
  • III. 3. - ti pathô; what is to become of me? ômoi egô, ti paschô ; Hom. Il. 11.404, Hom. Od. 5.465
  • III. 4. - in 2sg., ti pascheis ; what's the matter with you?Aristoph. Cl. 708, ti=Aristoph. Birds 1044 ; ti chrêma pascheis ; IDEM=Aristoph. Cl. 816 : so in aor. part., ti pathôn ; ti pathonte lelasmetha thouridos alkês; what possesses us that we have forgotten . . ? Hom. Il. 11.313 ; but ti pathontes gaian edute; what befell you that you died ? Hom. Od. 24.106

  • Links:

    • Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek: paschô



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