pathos

n. [ L., from Gr. pa`qos a suffering, passion, fr. paqei^n, pa`schei^n, to suffer; cf. po`nos toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]