passus

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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

passus (plural passuses)

  1. A section of a long narrative poem; a canto

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of pandō (I spread out ).

Participle

passus (feminine passa, neuter passum); first/second-declension participle

  1. spread out
  2. dried
    ūva passaraisin
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants
  • Galician: pasa, paso
  • Portuguese: passa
  • Spanish: paso

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to spread). Equivalent to pandō +‎ -tus.

Noun

passus m (genitive passūs); fourth declension

  1. step
  2. pace
  3. pace: a Roman unit of length equal to five Roman feet
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative passus passūs
genitive passūs passuum
passum
dative passuī passibus
accusative passum passūs
ablative passū passibus
vocative passus passūs
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Perfect active participle of patior.

Participle

passus (feminine passa, neuter passum); first/second-declension participle

  1. suffered, having suffered, experienced, undergone
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.199:
      “Ō, passī graviōra! Dabit deus hīs quoque fīnem.”
      “Oh, have suffered heavier ! God will grant an end to this, too.”
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.487–488:
      nec tamen ut prīmus maerē mala tālia passus;
      obruit ingentēs ista procella virōs
      Mourn not as though thou wert the first that had suffered such ills;
      the same storm has borne down many a mighty man.

      1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 31.
  2. allowed, having allowed
  3. permitted, having permitted
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

References

  • 1. passus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 2. passus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • passus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • passus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • passus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a mile away: a mille passibus
    • with dishevelled hair: passis crinibus
  • passus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • passus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • passus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin passus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpas.sus/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -assus
  • Syllabification: pas‧sus

Noun

passus m inan

  1. (literary) passage (section of text)
    Synonyms: akapit, fragment, ustęp

Declension

Further reading

  • passus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • passus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin passus (step).

Noun

passus c

  1. A short section (e.g. a few connected words or sentences) of a written or oral presentation; a "passage" (in a book, etc.); an "item" (of a presentation)
  2. A short elaboration on an item of a presentation not belonging to the main subject

Inflection

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