But in their modern English senses, we’d use standard English pronunciations for “ethos,” “logos,” and “pathos.”Īs it turns out, the 10 online standard dictionaries we regularly consult list a variety of acceptable English pronunciations that include the reconstructed ones: In referring to the Rhetoric and other ancient texts, we’d use reconstructed classical Greek pronunciations (EH-thahs, LAH-gahs, PAH-thahs), though there’s some doubt as to how Aristotle and others actually pronounced the terms. So how, you ask, should an English speaker pronounce these Anglicized words? Here are the usual English meanings now: “ ethos,” the spirit of a person, community, culture, or era “ logos,” reason, the word of God, or Jesus in the Trinity “ pathos,” pity or sympathy as well as a quality or experience that evokes them. When English adopted the terms in the 16th and 17th centuries, they began taking on new senses. (The classical Greek terms have several other meanings, which we’ll discuss later.) In the work, he uses “ethos” (character), “logos” (reason), and “pathos” (emotion) in describing the ways a speaker can appeal to an audience. Any help?Ī: As you know, ἦθος (“ethos”), λόγος (“logos”), and πάθος (“pathos”) are in Aristotle’s ῥητορική ( Rhetoric), a treatise on the art of persuasion. My friend said English has adopted the words so the commonly used pronunciations of eth-ohs, loh-gohs, and pay-thohs are now acceptable. Q: A friend and I were recently discussing “ethos,” “logos,” and “pathos.” Having studied classical Greek, I asserted they should be pronounced as the ancients did: eth-ahs, lah-gahs, and pa-thahs.
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