PATHOPOELA
Path`o*poe"la, n.; pl. -ias. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion.
Smart.
PATHOS
Pa"thos, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. pati to suffer, E. patient.]
Defn: That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry. The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T. Warton.
PATHWAY
Path"way n.
Defn: A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used
figuratively. Shak.
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is no
death. Prov. xii. 28.
We tread the pathway arm in arm. Sir W. Scott.
PATIBLE
Pat"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. patibilis, fr. pati to suffer.]
Defn: Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. [Obs.] Bailey.
PATIBULARY Pa*tib"u*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. patibulum a gallows: cf. F. patibulaire.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution. [R.] Carlyle.