Pathic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pathic \Path"ic\ (p[a^]th"[i^]c), n. [L. pathicus, Gr. paqiko`s,
     passive, fr. paqei^n, pa`schei^n, to suffer]
     A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite.
     [R.] --B. Jonson.
  
     Note: The term "crime against nature" to refer to homosexual


           activity is now (2002) seldom used except by religious
           conservatives. It was in the 1913 Webster, and is left
           here for historical purposes.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pathic \Path"ic\, a. [Gr. paqiko`s.]
     Passive; suffering.
     [1913 Webster]