English → Latin
“pathetic” in Latin
moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, producepellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,tangōto touch, grasp; to reach, arrive at, come to a place; to attain tofaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to m
The English word pathetic itself goes back to Latin pathēticus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pathetic
movens; animum movena, pellens, tangens; vim movendi habeas; ad movendum compositus, factus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pathetic?
- The usual Latin words for “pathetic” are moveō, pellō, tangō; also faciō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.