pathetica.[L. patheticus, Gr. paqhtiko`s, fr. paqei^n, pa`schein, to suffer: cf. F. pathtique. See Pathos.]1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate.()2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.(Macaulay.)No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic. (E. Porter.)Pathetic muscle (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye. -- Pathetic nerve (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. -- The pathetic, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.()