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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
passus (plural passuses)
- 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
- spread out
- dried
- ūva passa ― raisin
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
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
- step
- pace
- pace: a Roman unit of length equal to five Roman feet
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Perfect active participle of patior.
Participle
passus (feminine passa, neuter passum); first/second-declension participle
- 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.
- allowed, having allowed
- 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/
- Rhymes: -assus
- Syllabification: pas‧sus
Noun
passus m inan
- (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
- 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)
- A short elaboration on an item of a presentation not belonging to the main subject
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