passus

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English

Etymology

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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 [to dry]”).

Participle

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

  1. spread out
  2. dried
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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
  • Galician: pasa, paso
  • 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 five Roman feet
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative passus passūs
Genitive passūs passuum
Dative passuī passibus
Accusative passum passūs
Ablative passū passibus
Vocative passus passūs
Descendants

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Etymology 3

Perfect passive participle of patior.

Participle

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

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

First/second-declension adjective.

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

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[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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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

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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite passus passus
definite passusen passusens
plural indefinite passusar passusars
definite passusarna passusarnas

References

Anagrams

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