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pathic
Pathic comes from Latin pathicus ‘someone submitting to sex (anal sex) or…’, from Ancient Greek παθικός ‘Remaining passive’, and ultimately from πάσχω ‘to feel, to suffer’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχωpáskhō‘to feel, to suffer’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπάθοςpáthos‘suffering, feeling’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαθικόςpathikós‘Remaining passive’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpathicus‘someone submitting to sex (anal sex) or socially unacceptable lust, pathic, lascivious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1810pathic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχωpáskhō‘to feel, to suffer’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπάθοςpáthos‘suffering, feeling’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαθικόςpathikós‘Remaining passive’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpathicus‘someone submitting to sex (anal sex) or socially unacceptable lust, pathic, lascivious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1810pathic
Earliest quotation: 1810, Lord Byron: “In England the vices in fashion are whoring &…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek πάσχω ‘to feel, to suffer’
through Ancient Greek πάθος ‘suffering, feeling’
Today it means
noun Synonym of bottom: a passive usually-male partner in homosexual anal intercourse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πάσχω / pathic