passus

See also: Passus

English

Noun

passus (plural passuses)

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sus/, [ˈpas.sʊs]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of pandō (“I spread out [to dry]”).

Participle

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

1. dried

Declension

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	passus	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa
genitive	passī	passae	passī		passōrum	passārum	passōrum
dative	passō		passō		passīs
accusative	passum	passam	passum		passōs	passās	passa
ablative	passō	passā	passō		passīs
vocative	passe	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa

Descendants

• Portuguese: passa
• Spanish: pasa

Etymology 2

From pandō +‎ -tus.

Noun

passus m (genitive passūs); fourth declension

1. step
2. pace
3. pace: a Roman unit of length equal to 5 Roman feet

Declension

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	passus	passūs
genitive	passūs	passuum
dative	passuī	passibus
accusative	passum	passūs
ablative	passū	passibus
vocative	passus	passūs

Descendants

• Albanian: pash
• Catalan: pas
• Dalmatian: puas
• English: pass, pace
• French: pas
• Friulian: pas
• German: Passus
• Italian: passo
• Lombard: pass

• Occitan: pas
• Portuguese: passo
• Romanian: pas
• Romansch: pass
• Sardinian: passu
• Spanish: paso
• Swedish: passus
• Venetian: paso

Etymology 3

Perfect active participle of patior.

Participle

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

1. suffered, having suffered
2. allowed, having allowed
3. permitted, having permitted

Declension

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	passus	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa
genitive	passī	passae	passī		passōrum	passārum	passōrum
dative	passō		passō		passīs
accusative	passum	passam	passum		passōs	passās	passa
ablative	passō	passā	passō		passīs
vocative	passe	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa

Derived terms

• passīvus

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “passus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “passus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[2], 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

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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

Declension of passus
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	passus	passusen	passusar	passusarna
Genitive	passus	passusens	passusars	passusarnas

References

• passus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
• passus in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)