παθαίνω

A. make pathetic, τὰ μὴ ἔχοντα πάθος Corn. Rh. p.388 H.; fill with emotion, τοὺς ἀκροωμένους D.H. Dem. 18, cf. 20, Th. 23:— Med., aor. ἐπαθηνάμην Luc. Am. 29; speak with passionate gestures, σύ μοι χολὴν κινεῖς παθαινομένη Men. Epit. 587, cf. D.H. 3.73, D.C. 51.12; of an orator, D.H. Lys. 9, Plu. 2.447f, Luc.l.c.; of a dancer, AP 5.128 (Autom.); of a musician, Plu. 2.713a:—Pass., to be subject to passion or emotionally affected, π. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν Porph. Abst. 1.42, cf. Sent. 29, Procl. Inst. 209.

II. in Pass., to be subject to external influences, Olymp. in Mete. 9.28, Simp. in Cat. 316.12.