mille passus
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Latin
Alternative forms
- m.p., mp (abbreviations)
- mīlle passuum
Etymology
mīlle (“thousand”, indeclinable numeral) + the nominative plural of passus (“a pace, stride”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmiːl.le ˈpas.suːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmil.le ˈpas.sus/,
Noun
mīlle passūs m pl (genitive mīlle passuum); fourth declension
- a Roman mile of 8 stadia (“stades”); 1,000 passūs (“paces”); or 5,000 pedēs (“feet”), approximately 4,854 English feet.
Declension
Indeclinable portion with a fourth-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | mīlle passūs |
| genitive | mīlle passuum |
| dative | mīlle passibus |
| accusative | mīlle passūs |
| ablative | mīlle passibus |
| vocative | mīlle passūs |
Derived terms
- mīlle (“mile”)
Related terms
References
- “mille”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mille” on page 1,109/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)